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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC )
OF THE PHILIPPINES )

First Regular Session )
HOUSE OF REPREGIA TIVES
H.B.No.__°' ay

Introduced by Representative H. Harry L. Roque Jr.

REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES TO PROVIDE NOTICE ON ANY
CHARGES OR CONVICTION AGAINST THEM TO THEIR DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY
HEAD
EXPLANATORY NOTE

A public servant must exhibit the highest sense of honesty and integrity not only in the
performance of his duties but also in his personal and private dealings with other people in order
to preserve the Government's name and standing,

A civil servant's conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude is a disqualification to
promotion or appointment. As a matter of fact, under Section 46 of the Revised Administrative
Code, a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude is a ground for disciplinary action. This
is congruent with the mandate of the Constitution that appointment in the civil service shall be
made only according to merit and fitness. Merit and fitness in the civil service system, includes
educational qualification, training and relevant experience of the proposed appointee, his

adaptability to the job to be performed, and his general efficiency which are generally depicted

by the moral uprightness of the civil servant.


The proposed Bill seeks to require all Government employees to provide notice to their

department or agency head any criminal charge or conviction filed against them in order for the

department or agency concerned to monitor the merit and fitness of its employees

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H. HARRY L. ROQUE JR.

" This bill was originally filed in the Fourteenth Congress, Third Regular Session, and subsequently refiled
in the Sixteenth Congress, Third Regular Session by Miriam Defensor Santiago,

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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC _)
OF THE PHILIPPINES )

First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. No. 3024

Introduced by Representative H. Harry L. Roque Jr.

AN ACT
REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES TO PROVIDE NOTICE ON ANY
CHARGES OR CONVICTION AGAINST THEM TO THEIR DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY,
HEAD

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be referred to as the “Notification of Charges or

Conviction Act.”

SECTION 2. Duty to Report. ~ An employee in Government service who is charged in an
information or criminal complaint with any crime in any court or who is convicted of a crime in
any court shall immediately provide the head of the department or agency employing the

employee with notice of the charges or the conviction.

SECTION 3. Notice. — The written notice shall in no case be later than thirty (30)
calendar days from knowledge thereof and shall identify the date that the charge or conviction

occurred.

SECTION 4. Penalties. — Any person who violates any provision of this Act shall be
subject to a fine of not less than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) and suspension from service

for a period of not less than six (6) months without pay.
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SECTION 5. Separability Clause. ~ If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions

hereof.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, and issuances, or portions
thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or

modified accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its

publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,