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Practice question: Prohibited Transactions by Bank Directors, Officers, and Employees

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Practice question

A bank director deliberately inserts false entries in a report, thereby affecting financial interests as stipulated in Section 55.1(a). The director argues that the act is immune unless described separately as a fraudulent transaction. Which is accurate?
  1. False entries can never be prohibited.
  2. Only the external auditor can be responsible.
  3. The provision separately identifies false entries and participation in fraudulent transactions under its stated condition; a mere relabeling does not remove the established ground.
  4. Any false statement automatically proves every criminal offense without further elements.
  5. Only the report's cover color matters.

Legal references

  • RA8791, General Banking Law, Sections2 and55: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2000/ra_8791_2000.html

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