Practice question
A serving House Member is asked to represent a corporation personally at an administrative agency’s adjudicatory hearing. The corporation has no government contract, and the Member will receive no fee. The agency permits representatives who are not lawyers. Does that remove the constitutional objection to this Member’s appearance as counsel?
- Yes, because a government contract is necessary for every Section 14 violation
- Yes, because free representation is exempt
- No; the separate personal-appearance prohibition covers the administrative body
- Yes, because representation rules of an agency override the Constitution
- No, because every legislator must surrender Bar membership
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 14.
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