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The rights can be invoked the moment an arrest or detention, with or without a warrant, is made.

The authorities must insure that the accused is appraised of his rights and that they are availed of
by him.
Legal assistance - The state has the constitutional duty to provide free and adequate legal
assistance to citizens when by reason of indigence or lack of financial means, they are unable to
engage the services of a lawyer to defend them or to enforce their rights in civil, criminal, or
administrative cases.
Silent right not to answer any questions until a counsel is present;
Torture
Incommunicado not allowed to communicate with other people
Bail - security required by a court and given for the provisional or temporary release of a person
who is in the custody of the law conditioned upon his appearance before any court as required
under the conditions specified. The purpose of requiring bail is to relieve an accused from
imprisonment until his conviction and yet secure his appearance at the trial. The right to bail is
granted because in all criminal prosecutions, the accused is presumed innocent. In the form of
cash deposit, property bond, bond secured from a surety company, or recognizance. The right to
bail is available to any person arrested, detained or otherwise deprived of his liberty, whether or
not information (criminal complaint) has been filed against him.
Bail - It cannot be invoked where the applicant is not yet in custody of the law because he went
into hiding and is at large, and hence, a free man even when he has already been criminally
charged in court. It is also not available to one charged with capital offense or an offense
punishable by reclusion perpetua, life imprisonment, or death if the evidence of guilt is strong.
Bail - No bail shall be allowed after the judgement has become final, or after the accused has
commenced to serve sentence. When the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended, the
right to bail, even for the commission of national security crimes, is still available except as
provided in Section 13.
Due process - fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's
entitlement.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused is presumed innocent until the contrary is proved. A
safeguard against false conviction.
Heard by himself - In all criminal prosecutions, the defendant shall be entitled to be present and
defend in person and by counsel at every stage of the proceedings, from the arraignment to the
promulgation of the judgement. The accused must be present at the arraignment and must
personally enter his plea.
The arraignment is made in open court by the judge or clerk, and consists in furnishing the
accused a copy of the complaint or information with the list of witnesses, reading the same in the
language or dialect known to him and asking him whether he pleads guilty or not guilty.
The right to be heard would be of little avail if it does not include the right to be heard by counsel.
Even the most intelligent man may have no skill in the science of the law, thus not being able to
defend himself.
Nature and cause index card
Speedy, impartial, public index card
Witnesses face to face index card
Secure attendance of witnesses index card
Self-incrimination no person shall be compelled to witnesses against himself
Reason of political beliefs and aspirations
Excessive fines discretion of the judge
Degrading punishment form of punishment and quantity of punishment.
Death penalty abolished in the Section 19 and it shall not be inflicted unless Congress decides
to reinstate it for compelling reasons involving heinous crimes.
Double jeopardy - When a person is charged with an offense and the case is terminated either by
acquittal or conviction or in any other manner without the express consent of the accused, the
latter cannot again be charged with the same or identical offense.

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