Thursday, December 18, 2014

FILING OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT CHECK LIST



1. Is the complainant the proper party?
2. Are the necessary documents, objects or witnesses available?
3. Where is the jurisdiction of the crime?
4. Are all the elements alleged in the complaint?
5. Is there no lapse in the prescriptive period of the crime?
6. Are the jurisdictional requirements such as barangay conciliation complied with?
7. Is the cover letter complete?
8. Is the investigation data sheet completely filled up, signed by the complainant and subscribed by the fiscal?
9. Are the copies of the complaint and its annexes complete? (7 copies per case. B.P. 22 7 copies per check.)
10. Are the necessary certification complied with?