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Practice question: Amnesty

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Is a regularly issued official amnesty certificate necessarily devoid of evidentiary value when the original application is later missing?
  1. Yes; every missing file makes all certificates nonexistent.
  2. Only a rumor may establish compliance.
  3. No.
  4. Official issuance can never receive a regularity presumption.
  5. The certificate’s contents must always be ignored.

Legal references

  • Trillanes IV v. Medialdea, G.R. Nos. 241494, 256660 and 256078, April 3, 2024, en banc main decision, administrative implementation and amnesty evidence: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_241494_2024.html

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