Practice question
What presumption does the Child Witness Rule establish?
- Every child is incompetent.
- Only children older than sixteen may testify.
- Every child is presumed qualified to be a witness.
- Every child’s statement is conclusively true.
- Children may testify only in civil cases.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 130 sections 21–22: perception, communication, nondisqualification grounds and personal knowledge.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_004_07_sc_2000.html — Rule on Examination of a Child Witness sections 4, 6–11: child definition, presumption, examination and appropriate assistance.
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