FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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Senate Bill NO. 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution provides that '?I public officer or employee, shall, upon 
assunipfion of office and as offen 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 Cabinet, the Congress, the 
Supreme Courl, the Constitutional Commissions and other constitutional o fFices, 
and officers of the armed forces with general or flag rank, the declaration shall be 
disclosed to the pOblic in the mannerprovided by law." 
In complying with this constitutional provision under the enabling law 
RepLrblic 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 
wblic 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 hidher 
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 (IOth) 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 bill is earnestly sought. 
EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 


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Senate Bill No. 556 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO, 6713, ALSO KNOWN AS AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING A CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR 
PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC OFFICE BEING A PUBLIC TRUST, GRANTING 
JNCENTlVES AND REWARDS FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE, ENUMERATING 
PROHIBITED ACTS AND TRANSACTIONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR 
VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Represenfafives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, TO UPHOLD THE TIME-HONORED 
SECTION I. 
Republic Act No. 6713 is, hereby amended by the addition of 
the following provisions: 
"Section 1 I-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 shall be forfeited in favor of the 
dummy who shall be recognized by law as the actual and real owner of 
the property. 
Sec. 1 I-B. Disqualification of Public Official from Acquiring Property from 
Relatives. - Public officials are rohibited from acquiring any property from 
a relative within the tenth ( I O  ) 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 shaH be void ab inifio. The 
relative from whom the property comes shall retain all rights of ownership 
with respect to the property." 
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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. Repeakg 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 Act is hereby repealed, 
modified or amended accordingly. 
SEC 4. Effecfivify Clause - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,