Practice question
Does relevance alone remove the privilege against an answer tending to expose the witness to a criminal penalty?
- Only the questioner’s rank matters
- Yes; all relevant questions override it
- No
- Only a civil witness may claim protection
- The privilege applies only to irrelevant questions
Legal references
- A.M.19-08-15-SC, current Rule131 Section6 and Rule132 Sections3,20–22: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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