Practice question
In a qualifying inbound request, a witness establishes an applicable Philippine-law privilege. The foreign Letter did not mention it. Is omission from the Letter alone fatal under Section 33(a)?
- No, subsection (a) separately recognizes Philippine-law privileges; the express Letter-specification condition is stated for subsection (b)
- Yes, Philippine privileges never apply
- Yes, all domestic law is displaced by a foreign request
- Yes, only foreign privileges can be invoked
- No, because every objection is automatically valid
Legal references
- A.M. No. 25-02-17-SC, Sections 1, 2(s), 11, 32–33; Convention applicability assumed only when in force between the relevant States: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/98634
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