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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.

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.

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This is Section 2 of Rule 132 (Presentation Of Evidence) 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.

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