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– Serious charges include: 1. Bribery, direct or indirect; 2. Dishonesty and violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Law (R.A. No. 3019); 3. Gross misconduct constituting violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct; xxx SEC. 11. Sanctions. – A. If the respondent is guilty of a serious charge, any of the following sanctions may be ...
Under the amendments, rape was reclassified as a crime against persons. The definition was further expanded from mere "carnal knowledge of a woman" and now included "an act of sexual assault by inserting his penis into other person's mouth or anal orifice, or any instrument or object, into the genital or anal orifice of another person."
The Office of the Court Administrator (Tagalog: Tanggapan ng Tagapangasiwa ng Hukuman, [1] abbreviated OCA) is a department of the Supreme Court of the Philippines tasked primarily with investigating judicial misconduct in the lower courts through audits and filing administrative cases against judges whom they find guilty of corrupt practices, gross negligence, and/or ignorance of the law ...
In Francisco Jr. vs. House of Representatives, the Supreme Court purposely refused to define the meaning of "other high crimes or betrayal of public trust," saying that it is "a non-justiciable political question which is beyond the scope of its judicial power." However, the Court refuses to name which agency can define it; the Court impliedly ...
The taxes imposed by the Code include a graduated income tax on all income earned by natural and juridical persons within the Philippines, a capital gains tax, excise tax on certain products, a Donor's Tax, an estate tax, and a value-added tax on the sale of most goods and services in the Philippines.
Misconduct charge in case involving fight, gunfire death. The witness is scheduled to testify at the trial of Jamal Pratt, 37, who was charged with second-degree murder after a fight he was ...
The Ombudsman of the Philippines (Filipino: Tanodbayan ng Pilipinas) [3] is an ombudsman responsible for investigating and prosecuting Philippine government officials accused of crimes, especially graft and corruption.
This word has the same meaning in the modern Spanish judicial system. [6] fiscal [2] prosecutor Spanish A prosecutor, either at the city or provincial level, or nationwide Department of Justice level. Cf. procurator fiscal. G.R. N/A: English Abbreviation for General Register. See Case citation § Philippines. IBP N/A: English