Article 159p. 159

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

COURT,

CITY

COURT

MUNICIPAL

AND SPECIAL COURTS

Office

of

the

President

National Executive Officials such as

Members

of

the

Cabinet,

Undersecretaries

&

Assistant

Secretaries

including

the

Foreign

Service

Officers

(FSO)

Heads

of

Government Owned and Controlled

Corporations with original Charters

and

their

subsidiaries,

and

State

Colleges and Universities, Officers of

the Armed Forces from the rank of

Colonel or Naval Captain

Deputy

Ombudsman

in

their

respective

region

Regional Officials and Employees OF

DEPARTMENTS,

BUREAUS

AND

AGENCIES

OF

THE

NATIONAL

GOVERNMENT

INCLUDING

THE

JUDICIARY

AND CONSTITUTIONAL

Commissions and Offices, Regional

Officials

and

Employees

of

Government- Owned and Controlled

Corporations and their subsidiaries

in the region

All other Officials and Employees of

State Colleges and Universities

Regional Officers below the rank of

Colonel or Naval Captain including

Civilian Personnel of the AFP

Regional Officials and Employees of

the PNP

Provincial Officials and Employees

including

Governors

and

Sangguniang

Panlalawigan

Members

Municipal

and

City

Officials

and

Employees

including

Mayors,

Vice-mayors,

Sangguniang

Bayan/

Panlungsod Members and Barangay

Officials

Civil

Service

Commission

All

other

Central

Officials

and

Employees of Departments, Bureaus

and

Agencies

of

the

National

Government including the Judiciary

and Constitutional Commission and

offices

as

well

as

Government-Owned and Controlled

Corporations and their subsidiaries

Appointive Officials and Employees

of the Legislature

All Other Central Officers below the

rank of Colonel or Naval Captain as

well as civilian personnel of the AFP

All

other

central

officials

and

employees of the PNP

(d) Submission Of Sworn Statements. Officials and

employees

who

are

required

to

file

their

sworn

statements

with

the

civil

service

commission

must

accomplish the form (Annex A, revised, 1994) in triplicate

and submit the original and duplicate copies to the

administrative/personnel division/unit in their respective

agencies

not

later

than

April

30.

the

chief

of

the

administrative/personnel division/unit must then transmit

on or before 30 June of every year, all original copies of

the

sworn

statements

they

received

arranged

alphabetically and bound with a covering list of filers in

alphabetical order to the:

Office For Central Personal Records Civil Service

Commission Constitution Hills, Batasan Complex Diliman,

Quezon City.

other offices may prescribe a different procedure for

filing.

(f) Married couples who are both public officials or

employees may file the required statement jointly or

separately. A joint statement shall be signed by both

spouses and shall be filed in their respective offices.

The attached revised form (Annex A, Revised 1994) *

has been approved by the Civil Service Commission to be

used by all concerned effective 1995. This form shall be

reproduced back to back in one sheet of paper. The

instructions previously printed at the back of the old form

shall be reproduced separately for personal use of the

individual filer. (Amendment to Rules Implementing

R.A. No. 6713, Memorandum Circular No. 20-94, [May

31, 1994])

SECTION 2. Every official or employee shall identify

and disclose under oath to the best of his knowledge and

information, his relatives in the government, up to the

fourth civil degree of relationship, either of consanguinity

or

affinity,

including

bilas ,

inso

and

balae ,

in

the

prescribed form, Annex A, which shall be filed; (a) within

thirty (30) days after assumption of office, the information

contained therein must be reckoned as of his first day of

office; (b) on or before April 30 of every year thereafter, the

information contained therein must be reckoned as of

the end of the preceding year; or (c) within thirty (30) days

after

separation

from

the

service,

the

information

contained therein must be reckoned as of his last day of

office.

SECTION

3.

(a)

Any

and

all statements filed in

accordance with the preceding sections shall be made

available for public inspection at reasonable hours.

(b) Such statements shall be made available for

copying or reproduction after ten (10) working days from

the time they are filed as required by law unless extended

for meritorious reasons.

(c) Any duly authorized person requesting a copy of a

statement shall be required to pay a reasonable fee as

may be determined and prescribed by the Civil Service

Commission

to

cover

the

cost

of reproduction and

mailing

of

such

statement,

as

well

as

the cost of

certification.

(d) Any statement filed under the Code shall be

available

to

the

public,

subject

to

the

foregoing

limitations, for a period of ten (10) years after receipt of

the statement. The statement may be destroyed after

such period unless needed in an ongoing investigation.

RULE VIII Review and Compliance Procedures

SECTION 1. The following shall have the authority to

establish

compliance

procedures

for

the

review

of

statements to determine whether said statements have

been properly accomplished:

(a)

In

the

case

of

Congress,

the

designated

committees

of

both Houses of Congress subject to

approval by the affirmative vote of the majority of the

particular House concerned;

(b) In the case of the Executive Department, the

heads of departments, offices and agencies insofar as

their respective departments, offices and agencies are

concerned subject to approval of the Secretary of Justice;

(c) In the case of the Judicial Department, the Chief

Justice of the Supreme Court; and

(d) In the case of the Constitutional Commissions and

other Constitutional Offices, the respective Chairman and

members

thereof; in the case of the Office of the

Ombudsman, the Ombudsman.

The above officials shall likewise have the authority to

render any opinion interpreting the provisions on the

review

and

compliance

procedures

in

the

filing

of

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