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Practice question: Testimonial Privilege

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does Section25 protect an ascendant from compulsion to testify against a direct descendant, as well as the reverse?
  1. Only children can invoke it
  2. Yes
  3. Only parents may compel it
  4. Only criminal defendants may be witnesses
  5. Only testimony against siblings is covered

Legal references

  • A.M.19-08-15-SC, current Rule130 Sections25–36,51–53 and Rule128 Sections3–4: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html

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