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Ruth Bautista vs CA, Office of Regional State Prosecutor

RUTH D. BAUTISTA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL STATE PROSECUTOR, REGION IV, and SUSAN ALO?A, respondents.

G.R. No. 143375 | 2001-07-06

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

This petition for certiorari presents a new dimension in the ever controversial Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 or The Bouncing Checks Law. The question posed is whether the drawer of a check which is dishonored due to lack of sufficient funds can be prosecuted under BP 22 even if the check is presented for payment after ninety (90) days from its due date. The burgeoning jurisprudence on the matter appears silent on this point.

Sometime in April 1998 petitioner Ruth D. Bautista issued to private respondent Susan Aloña Metrobank Check No. 005014037 dated 8 May 1998 for P1,500,000.00 drawn on Metrobank...