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Proof of Official Record

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  1. How may an admissible domestic official record under Rule 132 section 24 ordinarily be evidenced?
  2. What must an attestation of a copy state in substance under section 25?
  3. What is the ordinary rule for removing a public record whose official copy is admissible?
  4. A custodian’s certified copy covers only pages 4–6 of an official file. What should the attestation make clear?
  5. What proof of lack of an official record does section 28 contemplate?
  6. A foreign official record falls under an applicable treaty in force with the Philippines that abolishes the certificate…
  7. A foreign official record has the applicable authentication certificate but is written in a language that is neither En…
  8. State the methods for proving a domestic official record and the required substance of an attested copy.
  9. Explain how section 24 treats proof of foreign official records without assuming one authentication form applies to eve…
  10. Distinguish a partial official copy from proof that an official entry does not exist.
  11. Can the legal custodian’s deputy attest an official-record copy under Section 24?
  12. Under Section 25, what seal applies when the attesting officer is clerk of a court having a seal?