Testimony generally confined to personal knowledge; hearsay excluded
Section 36. — A witness can testify only to those facts which he knows of his personal knowledge; that is, which are derived from his own perception, except as otherwise provided in these rules. (Testimonial Knowledge, Rule 130)
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