Practice question
An investigator says the development purpose of bank secrecy means the law must be entirely repealed before any other statute can permit disclosure of subscriber identity. What interpretive approach did EastWest Rural Bank adopt?
- Harmonize the laws and apply the defined lawful-disclosure conditions while preserving deposit-financial-detail protection
- Treat every older confidentiality law as automatically repealed
- Reject cybercrime law in its entirety
- Authorize all account balances to be posted online
- Apply a personal preference without reading either law
Legal references
- EastWest Rural Bank v. PNP-ACG, GR273720, July29 2025, Hernando MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jul2025/gr_273720_2025.html MAIN analysis rejecting implied repeal and harmonizing the statutes.
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