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Practice question: Disqualification of Witnesses

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Practice question

What distinguishes the confidential marital-communications privilege in Section 24(a) from the duration of Section 23's marital disqualification?
  1. The communication privilege can protect qualifying confidential marital communications during or after marriage
  2. The privilege automatically ends on separation
  3. The privilege covers every public observation without qualification
  4. The privilege is limited to testimony in favor of a spouse
  5. The privilege requires a criminal conviction first

Legal references

  • A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, Rule 130, Sections 21, 23–24.
  • Reviewed primary authority, Rule 130, Sections 21, 23–24, current amended text: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html

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