Practice question
A family member who is also a witness is the only person able to interpret for the child. Is that person automatically disqualified from serving as interpreter?
- Yes, the rule categorically forbids it even if no alternative exists.
- No; Section 9 permits the arrangement, with the interpreter-witness testifying ahead of the child and the required interpretation oath.
- Yes, the child must lose the opportunity to testify.
- No, and the interpreter may invent answers freely.
- No, and the interpretation oath is expressly unnecessary.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 00-4-07-SC, November 21, 2000, Rule on Examination of a Child Witness, Sections 1, 4, 6-9 (law as of June 30, 2026): https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_004_07_sc_2000.html
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