Text of the provision
Sec. 3. Rights and obligations of a witness. — A witness must answer questions, although his or her answer may tend to establish a claim against him or her. 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 or her to a penalty for an offense unless otherwise provided by law; or Not to give an answer which will tend to degrade his or her reputation, unless it be to 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 or her previous final conviction for an offense.
2019 Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC), Rule 132, Section 3. Reproduced verbatim and verified against the Supreme Court's official published text and the ChanRobles rendering.
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This is Section 3 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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- Section 2 — Proceedings to be recorded.
- Section 4 — Order in the examination of an individual witness.
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