Practice question
A witness in a proper Ombudsman inquiry says no statutory authority exists to place testimony under oath or require production through subpoena duces tecum. Which is correct?
- Section 15(8) expressly supplies those investigative tools
- Only the witness may decide whether legal process exists
- No administrative body can ever administer oaths
- Only trial courts may receive any documents
- A subpoena is itself a conviction
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 6770: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6770_1989.html Sections 11(4)(b), 15(4), (5), (8)–(11), and 26(2).
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