SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES: }
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodi Se
Representative Maximo 8. Rodriquez, Jr.

House Bill No. 3296

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution provides that "a public officer or employee shall, upon
assumption of office and as often thereafter as may be required by law, submit a
declaration under oath of his assets, liabilities and net worth. in the case of the
President, the Vice-President the Members of the Cabinel, the Congress, the
Supreme Court, the Constitutional Commissions and other constitutional offices, and
officers of the armed forces with general or flag rank, the declaration shall be disclosed
to the public in the manner provided by law.”

In complying with this constitutional provision under the enabling law Republic
Act No. 6713, many public officials complacently submit statements of assets, liabilities
and net worth which do not reflect their actual wealth or lifestyle. Often times this act is
intended to hide ill-gotten wealth. The common practice is to place an asset in the
name of a dummy, who is usually a close relative of the public official.

This bill seeks to remedy this prevalent corrupt practice by imposing the
penalty of removal from public office on a public official who places any of his/her
assets in the name of dummies. A public official who does so shall forfeit all his rights
to the property in favor of the dummy. Public officials shall also be prohibited from
acquiring any property from a relative within the tenth (10") civil degree of
consanguinity or affinity, while holding public office and within twenty (20) years from
the time he/she left the civil service. This may be an effective way of punishing the
public official for his deviousness.

Immediate approval of this billis eamestly sought. .

RUF

IGUEZ

MAXIMO 8. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES }
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus 8. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriquez, Sr.

House Bill No. 3295

AN ACT

AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6713, ALSO KNOWN AS 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, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Republic Act No. 6713 is hereby amended by the addition of the following
provisions:

“Section 11-A. Assets in the Name of Dummies.

(a) The penalty of removal from public office shall be imposed upon a
public official who places any of his or her assets in the name of a dummy.

(b) A public official who places an asset in the name of a dummy shall
be estopped from claiming any interest and asserting any right of ownership
over such asset. Such asset shalll be forfeited in favor of the dummy who shall
be recognized by law as the actual and real owner of the property.

Sec. 11-B. Disqualification of Public Official from Acquiring Property from
Relatives. - Public officials are prohibited from acquiring any property from a
relative within the tenth (10°) civil degree of consanguinity or affinity, while
holding public office and within twenty (20) years from the time he or she left
the civil service. Property acquired in violation of this section shall not vest
‘ownership upon the public official and all his subsequent transactions and
dealings on the said property shall be void ab initio. The relative from whom the
property comes shall retain all rights of ownership with respect to the property.”

SEC 2. Separability Clause - If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall
remain valid and subsisting

SEC 3. Repealing Clause - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order,
letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent
with the provisions of this Actis hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

SEC 4, Effectivity Clause - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,