Text of the provision
Sec. 6. Capital offense defined. — A capital offense is an offense which, under the law existing at the time of its commission and of the application for admission to bail, may be punished with death.
Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure (A.M. No. 00-5-03-SC), Rule 114, Section 6. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against two independent published renderings (ChanRobles and LawPhil).
About this section
This is Section 6 of Rule 114 (Bail) 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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- See the full list of sections on the Rule 114 index.
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