Text of the provision
Sec. 1. Examination to be done in open court. — The examination of witnesses presented in a trial or hearing shall be done in open court, and under oath or affirmation. Unless the witness is incapacitated to speak, or the question calls for a different mode of answer, the answers of the witness shall be given orally. Sec.2. Proceedings to be recorded. — The entire proceedings of a trial or hearing, including the questions propounded to a witness and his answers thereto, the statements made by the judge or any of the parties, counsel, or witnesses with reference to the case, shall be recorded by means of shorthand or stenotype or by other means of recording found suitable by the court. A transcript of the record of the proceedings made by the official stenographer, stenotypist or recorder and certified as correct by him shall be deemed prima facie a correct statement of such proceedings.
2019 Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC), Rule 132, Section 1. Reproduced verbatim and verified against the Supreme Court's official published text and the ChanRobles rendering.
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This is Section 1 of Rule 132 (PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE A. EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES REVISED RULES ON EVIDENCE 2019 AMENDMENTS SECTION 1. Examination to be done in open court. — The examination of witnesses presented in a trial or hearing shall be done in open court, and under oath or affirmation. Unless the witness is incapacitated to speak, or the questions calls for a different mode of answer, the answers of the witness shall be given orally. (1a)) of the 2019 Revised Rules on Evidence, the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court in A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC and in force since May 1, 2020. The text above is reproduced verbatim from the current rules.
Related provisions
- Section 2 — Proceedings to be recorded.
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