Practice question
A local government offers lawful work-related equipment for court operations. The judge proposes to accept it in the judge’s personal name for later private use. Under Canon I, Section 5, which is correct?
- Every form of assistance from another branch is categorically forbidden
- Assistance automatically permits the donor to influence judgments
- Qualifying assistance is not categorically banned, but equipment must be received solely in the Judiciary’s name and for its sole benefit, with applicable safeguards
- The judge may keep the equipment personally because it is work-related at first
- No record of the assistance should be made
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/100836 — 2025 CJCA, Canon I, Sections 1–9.
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