Practice question
A public record’s original is kept by its lawful public custodian. How may its contents be proved under section 8?
- Only by removing the original secretly.
- Only by an unauthenticated rumor.
- By a certified copy issued by the public officer in custody.
- Only by destroying the registry.
- Never by any copy.
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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