Rule 132, Section 2 — Proceedings to be recorded

Text of the provision

Sec. 2. Proceedings to be recorded. — The entire proceedings of a trial or hearing, including the questions propounded to a witness and his or her answers thereto, and 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 or her, shall be deemed prima facie a correct statement of such proceedings. Sec. 3. Rights and obligations of a witness. — A witness must answer questions, although his answer may tend to establish a claim against him. However, it is the right of a witness: To be protected from irrelevant, improper, or insulting questions, and from harsh or insulting demeanor; Not to be detained longer than the interests of justice require; Not to be examined except only as to matters pertinent to the issue; Not to give an answer which will tend to subject him to a penalty for an offense unless otherwise provided by law; or Not to give an answer which will tend to degrade his reputation, unless it to be the very fact at issue or to a fact from which the fact in issue would be presumed. But a witness must answer to the fact of his previous final conviction for an offense.

2019 Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC), Rule 132, Section 2. Reproduced verbatim and verified against the Supreme Court's official published text and the ChanRobles rendering.