Practice question
A facilitator has been appointed because the child cannot understand or respond to ordinary questions. Counsel bypasses the facilitator and insists that appointment has no effect on how counsel asks questions. Which is correct?
- Section10 requires the respective counsel’s questions to go through the facilitator
- Appointment permits counsel to ignore the facilitator
- The facilitator now decides every legal objection
- Only the accused may ask questions
- The facilitator may privately invent answers
Legal references
- A.M.00-4-07-SC, Rule on Examination of a Child Witness, Sections1,4–5,9–10,13: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_004_07_sc_2000.html
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