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Sec. 2. Officers authorized to conduct preliminary investigations. — The following may conduct preliminary investigations: (a) Provincial or City Prosecutors and their assistants; (b) Judges of the Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts; (c) National and Regional State Prosecutors; and (d) Other officers as may be authorized by law. Their authority to conduct preliminary investigations shall include all crimes cognizable by the proper court in their respective territorial jurisdictions.

Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure (A.M. No. 00-5-03-SC), Rule 112, Section 2. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against two independent published renderings (ChanRobles and LawPhil).

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This is Section 2 of Rule 112 (Preliminary Investigation) of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure, the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court in A.M. No. 00-5-03-SC and in force since December 1, 2000. The text above is reproduced verbatim from the current rules.

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