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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

SECTION 4. The income of the Commission from fees,

costs for services it may assess and levy, and such other

proceeds generated in the performance of its functions

shall

be

directly

utilized by the Commission for its

expense.

SECTION 5. Members of the Commission, chiefs of

offices,

and

other

officers

and

employees

of

the

Commission designated in writing by the Chairman may

administer

such

oath

as

may

be

necessary

in the

transactions of official business and administer oaths and

take

testimony

in

connection

with

any

authorized

investigation.

Attorneys

of

the

Commission

may

prosecute and defend cases in connection with the

functions of the Commission before any court or tribunal.

SECTION 6. No person employed in the Civil Service in

violation of the Civil Service law and rules shall be entitled

to receive pay from the government. The appointing

authority responsible for such unlawful employment shall

be personally liable for the pay that would have accrued

had the employment been lawful, and the disbursing

officials shall make payment to the employee of such

amount from the salary of the officers so liable.

SECTION 7. Except as may otherwise be provided by

law, it shall be unlawful for a treasurer or other fiscal

officer to draw or retain from the salary due an officer or

employee any amount for contribution or payment of

obligations other than those due the government or its

instrumentalities.

SECTION 8. Whoever makes any appointment or

employs any person in violation of any provision of these

Rules or whoever commits fraud, deceit or intentional

misrepresentation of material facts concerning other civil

service matters, or whoever violates, refuses or neglects to

comply with any of such provisions or rules, shall upon

conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding one

thousand pesos or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6)

months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the

discretion of the court.

SECTION 9. If any section or part of these Rules shall

be held to be invalid, the remaining provisions shall be

given full force and effect as completely as if the part held

invalid had not been included therein.

SECTION

10.

All

existing

Civil

Service

rules

and

regulations, Circulars and Memoranda inconsistent with

these Rules are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SECTION 11. These Rules shall take effect 30 days after

the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or

in a newspaper of general circulation.

(Omnibus Rules Implementing Book V of Executive

Order No. 292 and Other Pertinent Civil Service Laws,

[1995])

RA No 6713 | Code of Conduct and

Ethical Standards for Public Officials

and Employees

February 20, 1989

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CODE OF CONDUCT AND

ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND

EMPLOYEES,

TO

UPHOLD

THE

TIME-HONORED

PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC OFFICE BEING A PUBLIC TRUST,

GRANTING

INCENTIVES

AND

REWARDS

FOR

EXEMPLARY

SERVICE,

ENUMERATING

PROHIBITED

ACTS

AND

TRANSACTIONS

AND

PROVIDING

PENALTIES

FOR

VIOLATIONS

THEREOF

AND

FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

Be

it

enacted

by

the

Senate

and

House

of

Representatives

of

the

Philippines

in

Congress

assembled: :

Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Code

of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and

Employees."

Section 2. Declaration of Policies. - It is the policy of

the State to promote a high standard of ethics in public

service. Public officials and employees shall at all times be

accountable to the people and shall discharge their

duties with utmost responsibility, integrity, competence,

and loyalty, act with patriotism and justice, lead modest

lives, and uphold public interest over personal interest.

Section 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act,

the term:

(a) "Government" includes the National Government,

the local governments, and all other instrumentalities,

agencies or branches of the Republic of the Philippines

including government-owned or controlled corporations,

and their subsidiaries..net

(b) "Public Officials" includes elective and appointive

officials

and

employees,

permanent

or

temporary,

whether in the career or non-career service, including

military and police personnel, whether or not they receive

compensation, regardless of amount.

(c) "Gift" refers to a thing or a right to dispose of

gratuitously, or any act or liberality, in favor of another

who accepts it, and shall include a simulated sale or an

ostensibly onerous disposition thereof. It shall not include

an unsolicited gift of nominal or insignificant value not

given in anticipation of, or in exchange for, a favor from a

public official or employee.

(d) "Receiving any gift" includes the act of accepting

directly or indirectly, a gift from a person other than a

member of his family or relative as defined in this Act,

even on the occasion of a family celebration or national

festivity like Christmas, if the value of the gift is neither

nominal

nor

insignificant,

or

the

gift

is

given

in

anticipation of, or in exchange for, a favor.

(e) "Loan" covers both simple loan and commodatum

as

well

as

guarantees,

financing

arrangements

or

accommodations intended to ensure its approval.

(f) "Substantial stockholder" means any person who

owns, directly or indirectly, shares of stock sufficient to

elect a director of a corporation. This term shall also apply

to the parties to a voting trust.

(g) "Family of public officials or employees" means

their spouses and unmarried children under eighteen (18)

years of age.

(h) "Person" includes natural and juridical persons

unless the context indicates otherwise.

(i) "Conflict of interest" arises when a public official or

employee is a member of a board, an officer, or a

substantial stockholder of a private corporation or owner

or has a substantial interest in a business, and the interest

of such corporation or business, or his rights or duties

therein, may be opposed to or affected by the faithful

performance of official duty.

(j) "Divestment" is the transfer of title or disposal of

interest

in

property

by

voluntarily,

completely

and

actually depriving or dispossessing oneself of his right or

title to it in favor of a person or persons other than his

spouse and relatives as defined in this Act.

(k) "Relatives" refers to any and all persons related to a

public official or employee within the fourth civil degree

of consanguinity or affinity, including bilas, inso and

balae.

Section 4. Norms of Conduct of Public Officials and

Employees. - (A) Every public official and employee shall

observe the following as standards of personal conduct in

the discharge and execution of official duties:

(a) Commitment to public interest. - Public officials

and employees shall always uphold the public interest

over

and

above

personal

interest.

All

government

resources and powers of their respective offices must be

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