SEC. 45. Commercial lists and the like.—Evidence of statements of matters of interest to persons engaged in an occupation contained in a list, register, periodical, or other published compilations admissible as tending to prove the truth of any relevant matter so stated if that compilation is published for use by persons engaged in that occupation and is generally used and relied upon by them therein.
Requisites for admissibility
a) The commercial list is a statement of matters of interest to
persons engaged in an occupation;
b) Such statement is contained in a list, register, periodical or
other published compilation;
c) Said compilation is published for the use of persons engaged in
that occupation; and
d) It is generally used and relied upon by persons in the same
occupation. (PNOC Shipping and Transport Co. vs. CA, 297 SCRA 402).
Examples
NEDA reports
part of the newspaper which reports the prices of
shares
Mortality tables like the Carlisle or Wigglesworth Tables
Accepted actuarial and annuity tables
Cases
State v. Lungsford, 400 A.2d 843 (1979)
Estrada vs. Noble, [C.A,] 49 O.G. 139
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