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REVISED RULES ON EVIDENCE

Rule 128:
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Evidence on collateral matters shall

not be admitted, unless it tends in any
reasonable
degree
to
establish
the
probability or improbability of the fact in
issue.

Evidence Defined: (Sec. 1)

Means of ascertaining the truth
respecting a matter of fact in a judicial
proceeding, as sanctioned by these rules.

Rule 129:
WHAT NEED BOT BE PROVED
Judicial Notice; when mandatory: (Sec.
1)

Scope: (Sec. 2)
The rules of evidence shall be applied
in all trials, and proceedings, in all courts,
except as otherwise provided by law or these
rules.
Admissibility of Evidence: (Sec. 3)
An evidence is admissible when it is
relevant to the issue and not excluded by law
or these rules.
Relevance; and Collateral Matters: (Sec.
4)
The evidence must be related to the
fact in issue so to induce belief in its
existence or non-existence.

Tobes, Adah Gwynne P.

UEP LAW

The court shall take judicial notice

even without introduction of evidence on the
following matters:
1. Existence and territorial extent of
States;
2. Political history, forms of government
and symbols of nationality of States;
3. The law of nations;
4. Admiralty and maritime courts of the
world and their seals;
5. Political constitution and history of the
Philippines;
6. Official
acts
of
the
legislative,
executive and judicial departments of
the Philippines;
7. The laws of nature;
8. Measure of time; and
9. Geographical divisions