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Practice question: Electronic Documents, Data Messages, and Signatures

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A transaction requires a substantive execution formality under another law. A party argues RA 8792 automatically abolishes every such formality merely because the file is electronic. Which is best?
  1. All formalities were repealed
  2. The Act expressly preserves existing validity formalities; electronic recognition alone does not dispense with them
  3. Only the file extension decides validity
  4. A password always substitutes for every legal requirement
  5. The parties may privately repeal all statutes

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2000/ra_8792_2000.html — RA 8792, sections 6–13

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