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Sec. 21. When evidence of authenticity of private document not necessary. — Where a private document is more than thirty years old, is produced from a custody in which it would naturally be found if genuine, and is unblemished by any alterations or circumstances of suspicion, no other evidence of its authenticity need be given.
2019 Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC), Rule 132, Section 21. Reproduced verbatim and verified against the Supreme Court's official published text and the ChanRobles rendering.
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This is Section 21 of Rule 132 (Presentation Of Evidence) of the 2019 Revised Rules on Evidence, the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court in A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC and in force since May 1, 2020. The text above is reproduced verbatim from the current rules.
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Related provisions
- Section 20 — Proof of private document[s].
- Section 22 — How genuineness of handwriting proved.
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