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Practice question: Coverage and Exceptions

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Practice question

Two institutions and the account owners conduct a coordinated verification of a disputed transfer under AFASA Section 8. All statutory predicates are met. One institution refuses solely because bank-secrecy laws apply without exception even during that process. Which is correct?
  1. Section 8 expressly disapplies the specified secrecy laws during the qualifying coordinated verification
  2. Every private allegation automatically permits unlimited publication
  3. AFASA repeals all bank secrecy for every purpose
  4. Only a newspaper may conduct verification
  5. The receiving institution may invent any unrelated use

Legal references

  • RA 12010 Sections 8 and12-15: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12010_2024.html

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