1. All Clerks of Court of Regional Trial Courts all over the country (except those in the National Capital Judicial Region) are hereby designated as Ex Officio Clerks of Court of the Sandiganbayan with the limited duty of receiving informations resulting from inquest investigations of offense cognizable by the Sandiganbayan which ere conducted by authorized prosecutors within their territorial jurisdiction, and transmitting the same to the Sandiganbayan within five (5) days from the filing thereof.
2. The information shall be filed with the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court whose territorial area includes the place where the crime was committed. The filing with the said Clerk of Court shall have the effect of such information being filed directly with the Sandiganbayan.
3. The Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court where the information was filed is hereby authorized to approve the application of the accused for bail, except in offenses punishable by death, reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment, and to order his release from detention subject to further orders by the Sandiganbayan. The authority does not include the power to act in any motion for reduction of the amount of the bail recommended by the prosecutor.
