Practice question
What foundation does Rule 130 section 5 require before proving a lost original’s contents by secondary evidence?
- Only a lawyer’s preference for a copy.
- Execution or existence and the cause of unavailability without the offeror’s bad faith.
- Only the exhibit’s page count.
- Only the opposing party’s wealth.
- Only a promise to search after judgment.
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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