In its separate opinions, there are three justices who also voted against the constitutionality of Section 29, which allows the detention of a suspected terrorist even without judicial warrant of arrest. It also allows a longer period of detention from 14 up to 24 days without charges or warrant of arrest.
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"Among other things, these include the requirement of personal knowledge and the existence of probable cause. Section 29 does not allow warrantless arrests for violations of the relevant provisions of ATA based on mere suspicion," the SC said.
AFTER two months, the Supreme Court finally released to the public on Tuesday the copy of its promulgated decision dated December 7, 2021 on the controversial Republic Act No. 11479 or Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020, which it declared “not unconstitutional” except for specific phrases of two of its provisions.…