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Practice question: Coverage and Exceptions

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

Investigators obtain a lawful WDCD limited to basic identity, ID and contact information of the account used in a specified cybercrime. The legal requisites and necessity are established. They ask whether EastWest Rural Bank both supports that request and erases confidentiality for the entire financial history. Which answer is correct?
  1. It supports the defined identifying-information disclosure but does not establish blanket repeal or unrestricted financial-history access
  2. It requires refusal of every identity disclosure
  3. It repeals the Bank Secrecy Law in full
  4. It permits every private person to demand complete histories
  5. It turns an identity warrant into a final forfeiture judgment

Legal references

  • EastWest Rural Bank v. PNP-ACG, GR273720, July29 2025, Hernando MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jul2025/gr_273720_2025.html MAIN harmonization, implied-repeal and lawful-disclosure analysis.

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