Place Where Criminal Action Is To Be Instituted

Sec. 15. Place where action is to be instituted. –  
(a) Subject to existing laws, the criminal action shall be instituted and  tried  in  the  court  of  the  municipality  or  territory  where  the offense  was  committed  or  where  any  of  its  essential  ingredients occurred.
 
(b)  Where  an  offense  is  committed  in  a  train,  aircraft,  or  other public or private vehicle in the course of its trip, the criminal action shall  be  instituted  and  tried  in  the  court  of  any  municipality  or territory where such train, aircraft, or other vehicle passed during its trip, including the place of its departure and arrival.
 
(c) Where an offense is committed on board a vessel in the course of its voyage, the criminal action shall be instituted and tried in the court  of  the  first  port  of  entry  or  of  any  municipality  or  territory where  the  vessel  passed  during  such  voyage,  subject  to  the generally accepted principles of international law.
 
(d) Crimes committed outside the Philippines but punishable under Article 2 of the Revised Penal Code shall be cognizable by the court where the criminal action is first filed.
 

THE  INFORMATION  FOR  MURDER  DID  NOT  CONTAIN  THE  PLACE WHERE IT WAS COMMITTED.  IS THE INFORMATION VALID?   

> Yes, it is still valid.
> The information may include wordings that mention that the crime was committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.
> The  place  of  the  commission  of  the  crime  may  just  be  later established by evidence