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Jan 30, 2009 criminal-law libel prosecution jurisdiction preliminary-investigation prosecutor-authority

Who May File Libel Cases: City Prosecutor vs Provincial Prosecutor

Supreme Court rules on which prosecutor has authority to file libel Informations, and why a wrong prosecutor's filing is a fatal jurisdictional defect.