EVIDENCE AS AMENDED

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PROF. TRANQUIL S. SALVADOR III
ROMULO MABANTA BUENAVENTURA SAYOC AND DE LOS ANGELES
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1. ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE
2. MANDATORY JUDICIAL NOTICE
3. JUDICIAL NOTICE: WHEN HEARING IS NECESSARY
4. JUDICIAL ADMISSION
5. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
-- ORIGINAL DOCUMENT RULE and EXCEPTIONS
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-- ORIGINAL OF DOCUMENT
-- SUMMARIES
-- PAROLE EVIDENCE RULE
6. TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE
-- DELETED PROVISION
-- TESTIMONY CONFINED TO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
-- DISQUALIFICATION BY REASON OF MARRIAGE
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7. PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
--Attorney-Client
--Doctor-Patient
--Penitent-Priest
-- Public Officer-State
-- Parental and Filial Privilege
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-- Privilege relating to Trade Secrets

8. OFFER OF COMPROMISE
-- Civil Cases
-- Criminal Cases (NO CHANGE)
-- Plea of guilt withdrawn or unaccepted offer
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9. HEARSAY and NOT HEARSAY

10. EXCEPTIONS
-- Statement of Decedent or Person of Unsound Mind
-- Declaration Against Interest
-- Act or Declaration about Pedigree
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-- Common Reputation
-- Res Gestae
-- Records of Regularly Conducted Business Activity
-- Testimony or Deposition at a Former Proceeding
-- Residual Exception (Advance Notice to the Party)
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11. OPINION RULE

12. CHARACTER EVIDENCE
--Not generally admissible
--In criminal cases
--In civil cases (NO CHANGE)
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13. PROOF OF CHARACTER EVIDENCE

-- In civil and criminal cases
-- When essential element of a charge, claim, or defense
14. BURDEN OF PROOF and BURDEN OF EVIDENCE
15. PRESUMPTIONS
-- In Civil Actions
-- Inconsistent Presumptions
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-- In Criminal Cases
16. IMPEACHMENT OF EVIDENCE OF CONVICTION
17. CROSS-EXAMINATION: PURPOSE AND EXTENT
18. EVIDENCE OF GOOD CHARACTER OF WITNESS (Incorporated
in Section 54, Rule 130)
19. EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
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20. SEPARATION OF WITNESSES

21. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
22. PROOF OF PRIVATE DOCUMENTS
23. PROOF OF OFFICIAL RECORD
-- Philippines Contracting Party to a Treaty
-- Foreign Country not a Contracting Party to a Treaty
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-- Official Record With Certificate (PRIMA FACIE

EVIDENCE OF THE DUE EXECUTION)
24. OBJECTION TO OFFER OR LACK OF OFFER OF
TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE
25. OBJECTION TO A QUESTION
26. STRIKING OUT OF AN ANSWER
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27. WEIGHT OF EXPERT WITNESS OPINION

28. OTHER MINOR PROVISIONS
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