Practice question
A contract original was destroyed by an accidental fire. Its execution and destruction without bad faith are established, and a reliable copy is available. May the proponent use section 5 rather than insist the case is impossible?
- No, destruction permanently prevents proof.
- Yes, the established foundation permits the listed secondary means, subject to other admissibility requirements.
- Yes, the copy automatically proves every claim conclusively.
- No, only a party confession can replace an original.
- Yes, without any need to establish the copy’s relationship to the original.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 130 sections 3–9: original-document exceptions, duplicates, unavailable originals, adverse custody, summaries and public records.
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