Practice question
An interested party produces a civil-register entry to prove a recorded fact. The opponent offers competent contrary proof. Must the court reject the contrary proof merely because the entry is official?
- Yes, every entry is irrebuttable
- No; Article 410 gives prima facie rather than necessarily conclusive evidentiary effect
- Yes, a registrar’s signature excludes judicial scrutiny
- Yes, even if falsification is established
- No, because entries have no evidentiary value at all
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 410: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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