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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 46 November 10, 1972
MAKING IT PUNISHABLE FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE, AND FOR PRIVATE PERSONS TO GIVE, GIFTS ON ANY OCCASION, INCLUDING CHRISTMAS
WHEREAS, under existing laws and the civil service rules, it is prohibited to receive, directly or indirectly, any gift, present or any other form of benefit in the course of official duties;
July 14th, 2008 — Anti Graft and Corruption Laws
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 749
GRANTING IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION TO GIVERS OF BRIBES AND OTHER GIFTS AND TO THEIR ACCOMPLICES IN BRIBERY AND OTHER GRAFT CASES AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS
WHEREAS, public office is a public trust: public officers are but servants of the people, whom they must serve with utmost fidelity and integrity;
July 14th, 2008 — Anti Graft and Corruption Laws, Ombudsman Act of 1989
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6770
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Section 1. Title. – This Act shall known as “The Ombudsman Act of 1989″.
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall maintain honesty and integrity in the public service and take positive and effective measures against graft and corruption.
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1379
AN ACT DECLARING FORFEITURE IN FAVOR OF THE STATE ANY PROPERTY FOUND TO HAVE BEEN UNLAWFULLY ACQUIRED BY ANY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROCEEDINGS THEREFOR.
Section 1. Definitions. –
(a) For the purposes of this Act, a “public officer or employee” means any person holding any public office or employment by virtue of an appointment, election or contract, and any person holding any office or employment, by appointment or contract, in any State owned or controlled corporation or enterprise.
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7080
[As Amended by Republic Act No. 7659 (The Death Penalty Law)]
AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME OF PLUNDER.
Section 1. Definition of terms. – As used in this Act, the term:
a. “Public Officer” means any person holding any public office in the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by virtue of an appointment, election or contract.
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6713
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, TO UPHOLD THE TIME-HONORED PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC OFFICE BEING A PUBLIC TRUST, GRANTING INCENTIVES AND REWARDS FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE, ENUMERATING PROHIBITED ACTS AND TRANSACTIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 677
AMENDING SECTION 7 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.
Whereas, the program of reform in the government under the New Society has been endorsed overwhelmingly by the people in the referendum held on February 27, 1975; and
July 14th, 2008 — Anti Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, Anti Graft and Corruption Laws
BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 195
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, AND THIRTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019
Sec. 1. Statement of policy. – It is the policy of the Philippine Government, in line with the principle that a public office is a public trust, to repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constitute graft or corrupt practices or which may lead thereto.
