Practice question
A licensing officer learns confidential information through his office that is not available to the public. He discloses it to a friend's business solely to give that business an undue advantage. He argues that access to the information as an official gave him personal power to dispose of it. Which assessment is correct?
- Official access makes the information his private property.
- Friendship is a statutory exception.
- The disclosure conflicts with RA 6713's prohibition on misuse of confidential official information for private interest or undue advantage.
- Disclosure is valid whenever no cash payment is made.
- The officer may replace statutory duties with personal permission.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XI, section 1, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Republic Act No. 6713, sections 4–5 and 7(c), https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6713_1989.html
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