Short answer. Yes. Rule 113, Section 13 provides that if a person lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, any person, not just police, may immediately pursue or retake him without a warrant, at any time and in any place within the Philippines. This is not limited to law enforcement officers.
What the law says
If a person lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, any person may immediately pursue or retake him without a warrant at any time and in any place within the Philippines
Rule 113, Section 13 — Arrest after escape or rescue. Read the full provision →
What Rule 113, Section 13 provides
Rule 113, Section 13 addresses this directly: "If a person lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, any person may immediately pursue or retake him without a warrant at any time and in any place within the Philippines." The rule authorizes pursuit and retaking by "any person," without qualifying that phrase to mean only police officers or other law enforcement. Both the person who escaped from a lawful arrest, and anyone else who helped bring about that escape through a rescue, fall within the exact situation this provision addresses, and either kind of event is enough to trigger the pursuit-without-warrant authority.
Why 'any person' isn't limited to law enforcement
The text does not say "any peace officer" or "any member of law enforcement" — it says "any person." That word choice extends the authority to pursue and retake an escaped or rescued arrestee to ordinary private citizens, not only to police or other officers of the law. An ordinary citizen who witnesses the escape, or who is nearby, is covered by the same language that covers an officer.
The condition: the original arrest had to be lawful
The rule is triggered specifically by a person who was "lawfully arrested" escaping or being rescued. If the original arrest itself was not lawful, this specific provision, which is built around retaking someone who escaped from a lawful arrest, does not describe that situation. So whether this rule actually applies turns first on whether the arrest the person escaped from was itself valid, not simply on the fact that someone who had been in custody is now at large.
What this section covers, and what it doesn't
This provision is narrow in what it actually addresses: it removes the warrant requirement for pursuing and retaking someone who escaped or was rescued after a lawful arrest, anywhere in the Philippines, at any time. It does not itself spell out how much force may be used in doing so, or address other questions that might come up during a pursuit — the text authorizes the act of pursuing and retaking without a warrant, and nothing beyond that specific authorization.