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* THIRD DIVISION.
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LEONEN, J.:
We are asked to rule on this Petition for Review on
Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, praying that
the assailed Decision of Branch 7 of the Regional Trial
Court of Baguio City and Order dated August 15, 2005 be
reversed and that Criminal Case Nos. 112934 and 112935
be ordered reinstated and prosecuted before the Municipal
Trial Court of Baguio City.
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1 Baguio City Ordinance Numbered 003, Series of 2000, Sec. 13.
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2 Rollo, p. 34.
3 Id., at pp. 21-24.
4 Id., at p. 34.
5 Id., at pp. 32-35.
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6 Id., at pp. 34-35.
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7 Id., at p. 37.
8 Id., at p. 38.
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9 Id., at p. 39.
10 Id., at p. 43.
11 Id., at p. 44.
12 Id., at p. 46.
13 Id., at pp. 48-49.
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Banc).
In case of conflict, the Rule on Summary Procedure as the
special law prevails over Sec. 1 of Rule 110 of the Rules on
Criminal Procedure and also Rule 110 of the Rules of
Criminal Procedure must yield to Act No. 3326 or „AN ACT
TO ESTABLISH PERIODS OF PRESCRIPTION FOR
VIOLATIONS PENALIZED BY SPECIAL ACTS AND
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND TO PROVIDE WHEN
PRESCRIPTION SHALL BEGIN TO RUN.‰ (Ibid.)
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14 Id., at pp. 50-52.
15 Id., at pp. 53-54.
16 Id., at pp. 55-63. The Petition was dated June 18, 2004.
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17 Id., at p. 59.
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18 Id., at pp. 59 and 60.
19 Id., at p. 64.
20 Id., at p. 65 citing Act No. 3326.
21 G.R. No. 102342, July 3, 1992, 211 SCRA 277.
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22 Rollo, p. 92.
23 255 Phil. 851; 174 SCRA 143 (1989).
24 Rollo, p. 100.
25 A.M. No. 00-5-03-SC, effective December 1, 2000.
26 Rules of Civil Procedure (1997), Rule 65, Sec. 1.
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27 507 Phil. 727; 470 SCRA 754 (2005).
28 Id., at p. 741; p. 767.
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29 31 Phil. 524 (1915).
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30 Zaldivia v. Reyes, supra note 21, at pp. 282-284.
31 G.R. No. 152662, June 13, 2012, 672 SCRA 105.
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32 Presidential Decree No. 1275, „Reorganizing the Prosecution Staff
of the Department of Justice and the Offices of the Provincial
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and City Fiscals, Regionalizing the Prosecution Service, And Creating
the National Prosecution Service‰ (1978), Sec. 6.
33 Id., per note 18, 284.
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SO ORDERED.
Petition denied.
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