Practice question
A witness learned a private conversation solely by an interception stipulated to violate Republic Act No. 4200. The witness offers an oral account of its substance in a covered hearing and says exclusion cannot apply without offering a tape. No exception or independent source exists. What is the best response?
- Oral retelling always cures the unlawful source.
- Only the recorder’s physical weight determines exclusion.
- Destroying the tape automatically makes its contents admissible.
- Section 4 covers the communication’s substance and information; changing to oral retelling does not by itself avoid it.
- The statute applies only when the witness uses a microphone in court.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 4200, Sections 1 and 4: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1965/ra_4200_1965.html
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