Amendment of Complaint or Information

Sec. 4. Amendment of complaint or information. – If the motion to quash is based on an alleged defect of the complaint or information which  can  be  cured  by  amendment,  the  court  shall  order  that  an amendment be made.
 
    If  it  is  based  on  the  ground  that  the  facts  charged  do  not constitute  an  offense,  the  prosecution  shall  be  given  by  the  court an  opportunity  to  correct  the  defect  by  amendment.  The  motion shall be granted if the prosecution fails to make the amendment, or the  complaint  or  information  still  suffers  from  the  same  defect despite the amendment.
 

WHAT SHOULD THE COURT DO IF THE ACCUSED MOVES TO QUASH THE  COMPLAINT  OR  INFORMATION  ON  GROUNDS  THAT  CAN  BE CURED BY AMENDMENT?

>     The court should order that the amendment be made
 

WHAT SHOULD THE COURT DO IF THE ACCUSED MOVES TO QUASH ON  THE  GROUND  THAT  THE  FACTS  CHARGED  DON’T  CONSTITUTE AN OFFENSE?

>     The  court  should  give  the  prosecution  the  opportunity  to  correct the defect by amendment
>     If  the  prosecution  fails  to  make  the  amendment,  or  if,  after  it makes  the  amendment,  the  complaint  or  information  still  suffers from  the  same  defect,  the  court  should  grant  or  sustain  the
motion to quash