Practice question
A foreign official record falls within an applicable treaty that prescribes a certification form. What does current Section 24 provide?
- Only consular authentication can ever be accepted
- Treaties have no relevance
- The record is automatically conclusive
- A foreign official record can never be proved
- The certificate or equivalent follows the applicable treaty form, subject to the rule's qualifications
Legal references
- A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, Rule 132, Sections 23–26 and 29–30.
- Reviewed primary authority, Rule 132, Sections 23–26 and 29–30, amended foreign-record proof: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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