Practice question
A person files an unverified disciplinary complaint against a private lawyer before the IBP. What treatment does Canon VI, Section 9 prescribe for that unverified complaint?
- Immediate automatic disbarment
- Automatic criminal conviction
- No consequence because verification is optional
- Automatic admission of every allegation
- Recommendation for outright dismissal
Legal references
- CPRA, A.M. No. 22-09-01-SC, Canon VI, Sections 1–3, 9 and 12 (official Court text circularized by the BIR): https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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