Practice question
A private person secretly tape-records a private conversation without the authorization of the other participant; no statutory exception applies. A party offers its transcript in a civil hearing. Which provision directly supplies a statutory exclusion ground?
- The constitutional rule about congressional sessions
- Republic Act No. 4200, Section 4
- A local mayor's preference
- A private promise to win the suit
- The nationality of the recorder alone
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 4200, Sections 1 and 4: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1965/ra_4200_1965.html
- Ramirez v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 93833, September 28, 1995, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1995/sep1995/gr_93833_1995.html
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