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Act No. 190 Section 10

Publicity of proceedings and records.

Section 10

SEC. 10. Publicity of proceedings and records. — The sitting of every court of justice shall be public, but any court may, in its discretion, exclude the public when the testimony to be adduced is of so indecent a nature as to require such exclusion in the interests of morality. The records of every court of justice shall be public records and available for the inspection of any party in interest, at all proper business hours, under the supervision of the clerk having the custody of such records, unless the court shall in any special case have forbidden the publicity of the records, in the interests of morality, by reason of their indecent character.

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CitationAct No. 190 Section 10 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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