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Practice question: Electronic Documents, Data Messages, and Signatures

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Under Section 15, may an adverse-interest party cross-examine the deponent of a Section 14 affidavit introduced in evidence?
  1. No; every electronic-evidence affidavit is conclusive.
  2. Only if the affiant voluntarily surrenders all other rights.
  3. Yes, as of right.
  4. Only after the document is deleted.
  5. No; cross-examination is abolished for electronically stored evidence.

Legal references

  • RA 8792, Electronic Commerce Act, Sections 5 and 12-15: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/3888

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