Practice question
A Senator-lawyer is retained to personally appear for a client before a quasi-judicial commission. The hearing is scheduled on a weekend during a congressional recess, and the client offers to waive the Senator’s fee. Which conclusion best applies Article VI, Section 14?
- The appearance is allowed because it does not interfere with a legislative session
- The appearance remains prohibited; neither the schedule nor the absence of a fee creates an exception
- The appearance is allowed if opposing counsel are also legislators
- The appearance is allowed because quasi-judicial bodies are not courts
- The commission may authorize the appearance notwithstanding the Constitution
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 14.
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