Practice question
A private contract is lawfully entered in the required Philippine public register. Must the court treat the public record and every underlying private factual assertion as exactly the same evidentiary proposition?
- No; the record’s classification and the proof of asserted facts remain distinct.
- Yes, registration conclusively establishes all disputed contractual performance.
- Yes, the record automatically proves every payment.
- Yes, all remaining merits issues disappear.
- Yes, public classification prohibits examining the underlying claim.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence, Rule 132, Sections 19-36 as specifically discussed: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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