Practice question
A legislator intervenes in a matter before a government office for the legislator’s own pecuniary benefit but does not enter a courtroom. Does absence of courtroom appearance alone answer ArticleVI Section14?
- No; its separate intervention restriction must be applied
- Yes; every restriction ends outside court
- Yes; personal profit is always exempt
- Only the professional fee receipt matters
- Only the client’s residence matters
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution ArticleVI Section14: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Puyat v De Guzman, GRL-51122, March25,1982, MAIN opinion, anti-circumvention holding under predecessor constitutional provision, read with current ArticleVI Section14: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1982/mar1982/gr_l-51122_1982.html
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