Practice question
What proof of lack of an official record does section 28 contemplate?
- Only counsel’s statement that a search would be difficult.
- Only the litigant’s guess.
- A signed custodial or deputy statement of diligent search finding no record or entry of the specified tenor, with the required certificate.
- Automatic presumption that every missing exhibit never existed.
- A private rumor about the registry.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 132 sections 24–28 and 33: official records, attestation, foreign certificates, nonremoval, absence of record and translation.
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