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Under the amended Rules on Evidence, when the document being offered is a photocopy (duplicate), the proponent is no longer required to establish the exceptions to the Original Document Rule, such as proving that the original has been lost or destroyed. Neither is the proponent required, as a general rule, to produce the original document. This is because a photocopy is admissible to the same extent as the original. Thus, for evidentiary purposes, a photocopy is treated as equivalent to the original unless: (1) a genuine question is raised regarding the authenticity of the original; or (2) under the circumstances, it would be unjust or inequitable to admit the duplicate in lieu of the original. Accordingly, the default rule under the amended Rules on Evidence is that a duplicate (photocopy) is admissible to the same extent as the original, subject only to these two exceptions. #ImpeachmentTrial































