Practice question
A licensing officer asks an applicant for a valuable gift in consideration of securing the government permit. The applicant refuses to hand it over. Which is correct under section 3(c)?
- No prohibited act can exist because nothing was received
- A request can fall within the prohibition even without completed receipt
- Only the applicant can violate the provision
- The request is lawful whenever made outside the office
- The officer is immune if the permit could lawfully be issued
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1960/ra_3019_1960.html — RA 3019, section 3(b), (c), (d), (e), (g) and (i), prohibited practices.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1982/bp_195_1982.html — sections 2 and 4, amended RA 3019 penalty and earlier prescription provision.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2016/ra_10910_2016.html — section 1, current twenty-year statutory prescriptive period.
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