Practice question
A recording of a private conversation was made in violation of Republic Act No. 4200, with no exception. A later recipient offers a typed excerpt in a covered proceeding, relying only on the claim that she did not personally perform the interception. Which analysis is best?
- Her nonparticipation in the original interception does not by itself cure the stipulated prohibited source for Section 4 exclusion.
- Every later recipient automatically makes the original recording lawful.
- An excerpt is never information from the conversation.
- Typing always supplies the missing consent retroactively.
- Only the original recording operator can ever raise any evidence issue.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 4200, Sections 1 and 4: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1965/ra_4200_1965.html
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