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penalty.
Remedial Law; Evidence; Marriage Certificates; Certified Xerox
Copies; The certified xerox copies of the marriage contracts, issued by
a public officer in custody thereof, are admissible as the best
evidence of their contents, as provided for under Section 7 of Rule
130 of the Rules of Court.·The certified xerox copies of the
marriage contracts, issued by a public officer in custody thereof, are
admissible as the best evidence of their contents, as provided for
under Section 7 of Rule 130 of the Rules of Court, to wit: Sec. 7.
Evidence admissible when original document is a public record.·
When the original of a document is in the custody of a public officer
or is recorded in a public office, its contents may be proved by a
certified copy issued by the public officer in custody thereof.
Moreover, the certified xerox copies of the marriage certificates,
other than being admissible in evidence, also clearly indicate that
respondent contracted the second marriage while the first marriage
is subsisting. By itself, the certified xerox copies of the marriage
certificates would already have
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PER CURIAM:
Before us is a Petition for Disbarment[1] dated January
8, 2002 filed by complainant Rose Bunagan-Bansig
(Bansig) against respondent Atty. Rogelio Juan A. Celera
(respondent) for Gross Immoral Conduct.
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* EN BANC.
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[1] Rollo, pp. 1-2.
[2] Id., at p. 4.
[3] Id., at p. 5.
[4] Id., at p. 6.
[5] Id., at p. 14.
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[6] Id., at p. 8.
[7] Id., at pp. 10-13.
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[8] Id., at p. 17.
[9] Id., at p. 18.
[10] Id., at p. 23.
[11] Id., at pp. 24-25.
[12] Id., at p. 27.
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[13] Id., at pp. 28-31.
[14] Id., at p. 39.
[15] Id., at p. 42.
[16] Id., at pp. 43-44.
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[17] Id., at p. 46.
[18] Id., at p. 48.
[19] Id., at pp. 50-51.
[20] Id., at pp. 49-53.
[21] Id.
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[22] In re Almacen, No. L-27654, February 18, 1970, 31 SCRA 562.
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[23] Ferancullo v. Ferancullo, 538 Phil. 501, 511; 509 SCRA 1, 11
(2006).
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[24] See Villatuya v. Tabalingcos, A.C. No. 6622, July 10, 2012, 676 SCRA
37.
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[25] Id., at p. 53.
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[26] See Sebastian v. Bajar, 559 Phil. 211, 224; 532 SCRA 435, 449
(2007).
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