11/9/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [38] Id. at 220-222. [39] Executive Order No. 227 (1987), sec. 1. [40] Corpuz v. Sto. Tomas, 642 Phil. 420 (2010) [Per J. Brion, Third Division] and Republic v. Manalo, G.R No. 221029, April 24, 2018, < http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/64093 > [Per J. Peralta, En Banc]. [41] Republic v. Manalo, G.R. No. 221029, April 24, 2018 < http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/64093 > [Per J. Peralta, En Banc]. [42] See Corpuz v. Sto. Tomas, 642 Phil. 420 (2010) [Per J. Brion, Third Division]. [43] Id. [44] Id. at 432-433. [45] RULES OF COURT, Rule 132, sec. 24 provides: SECTION 24. Proof of official record. — The record of public documents referred to in paragraph (a) of Section 19, when admissible for any purpose, may be evidenced by an official publication thereof or by a copy attested by the officer having the legal custody of the record, or by his deputy, and accompanied, if the record is not kept in the Philippines, with a certificate that such officer has the custody. If the office in which the record is kept is in a foreign country, the certificate may be made by a secretary of the embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent or by any officer in the foreign service of the Philippines stationed in the foreign country in which the record is kept, and authenticated by the seal of his office. [46] RULES OF COURT, Rule 132, sec. 25 provides: SECTION 25. What attestation of copy must state. — Whenever a copy of a document or record is attested for the purpose of evidence, the attestation must state, in substance, that the copy is a correct copy of the original, or a specific part thereof, as the case may be. The attestation must be under the official seal of the attesting officer, if there be any, or if he be the clerk of a court having a seal, under the seal of such court. [47] Garcia v. Recio, 418 Phil. 723, 732-733 (2001) [Per J. Panganiban, Third Division]. [48] Rollo, pp. 57. [49] Id. [50] Id. at 114. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65383 9/11

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