Practice question
A lawyer truthfully avoided legal work but did not inform the legal clinic of which the lawyer is a member. Counsel proposes swearing that all Section 45 declarations are true. Which is correct?
- No legal work makes a false notification assertion true.
- The lawyer cannot truthfully affirm the omitted notification as though it occurred.
- Clinics are excluded from Section 45(c).
- An oath automatically supplies missing historical facts.
- The lawyer’s intention replaces the required notice.
Legal references
- CPRA, AM 22-09-01-SC, Canon VI Sections 41 and 43-51, specific section identified in each explanation: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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