Witness fees.
Section 793
SEC. 793. Witness fees. — Witnesses in the Supreme Court and in Courts of First Instance, either in actions or special proceedings, shall be entitled to one peso per day and five cents for each mile going to the place of trial from their homes by the nearest route of usual travel; but mileage shall be charged but once in the action unless witness is compelled to attend more than one term of court, nor shall any allowance be made for mileage except that traveled within the Philippine Islands. Witnesses before justice of the peace, municipal courts, and other inferior tribunals shall be allowed one-half peso per day and the travel fees above provided and no more. Fees to which witness may be entitled in a civil action shall be allowed, on the affidavit of the witness, stating the number of days he has attended, the amount of mileage to which he is entitled, to be taken and preserved by the clerk of the court, justice of the peace, or other officer before whom the witness was called to testify, and a certificate of allowance shall be given to the witness. But on final taxation of costs the truth of the affidavit may be contested and this allowance may be set aside in whole or in part as the facts require. A witness shall not be allowed compensation for his attendance in more than one case or on more than one side of the same case at the same time, but may elect in which of several cases or on which side of a case, when he is summoned by both sides, to claim his attendance; a person who is compelled to attend court on other business shall not be paid as a witness.