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Practice question: Investigative, Factfinding, Licensing, and Rate-fixing Powers

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A party requests compulsory production of records in a contested case but admits the records have no general relevance to any issue. It says Section 13 requires every subpoena request to be granted regardless. What does the section require?
  1. No connection to the case can ever be considered.
  2. A showing of general relevance for the requested attendance or pertinent data
  3. Only a demand written in red ink
  4. Only that the party is curious
  5. Only that the requested bundle is expensive to collect

Legal references

  • Executive Order No. 292, Book VII, Sections 2(10)-(11), 9, 13, 17 and 18: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_292_1987.html

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