Practice question
A witness retains an original and attaches a faithful reproduction under Section 2(b). What additional comparison step does that provision require?
- Destroy the original immediately.
- Refuse every comparison request.
- Treat photocopying as automatic proof of authenticity.
- Bring the original for the prescribed comparison, subject to lawful secondary-evidence rules.
- Let the opponent invent the original’s contents.
Legal references
- Judicial Affidavit Rule, AM 12-8-8-SC, Sections 2-3 and 5-8, read with current Rule 7 Section 6 where applicable: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_12-8-8-sc_2012.html
- 2019 Amendments to Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 7 Sections 4-6: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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