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Practice question: Weight of Electronic Documents (AM 01-7-01-SC, Rule 7)

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Practice question

The parties agreed on a transmission protocol, but the offered export omits the required verification step and independent evidence shows truncation. The proponent says a private protocol is irrelevant to Rule7. Which is correct?
  1. Agreements can never bear on reliability
  2. Section1(a) expressly permits considering a relevant agreement alongside reliability circumstances
  3. Every protocol breach automatically proves forgery
  4. Only a court employee may discuss transmission
  5. Truncation must always be ignored

Legal references

  • Rules on Electronic Evidence, Rule7 Sections1–2, civil proceedings: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_01-7-01_sc_2001.html

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