Practice question
An officer requests a contractor’s payment in connection with a government transaction in which the officer must intervene officially. The contractor refuses. Explain why lack of actual receipt does not alone exclude section 3(b), and identify the necessary connection.
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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