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Practice question: Classes of Documents

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Practice question

An official’s private business note is placed on agency stationery but records no official act, acknowledgment, treaty status or required public entry. Does the letterhead alone settle it as public?
  1. Yes, stationery alone satisfies all categories.
  2. Yes, any printed seal automatically is a notarial acknowledgment.
  3. Yes, the officer’s personal business becomes a sovereign act.
  4. Yes, the note becomes a last will.
  5. No.

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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