Supreme Court (SC) senior associate justice Marvic Leonen has warned that digitalization alone cannot make justice accessible, saying legal aid and efforts to help marginalized communities assert their rights must accompany technology-driven reforms.
The Supreme Court (SC) launched electronic notarization nationwide on Oct. 19, allowing commissioned electronic notaries public to notarize eligible digital documents through accredited platforms.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Supreme Court (SC) are working to integrate their electronic systems to eliminate the remaining paper-based step in the notarization of digital documents.
The system allows electronic notarial acts to be performed using accredited electronic notarization facilities and prescribed technological safeguards.
