Key Benefits:
59. Influencing an appointing authority
Any person who, otherwise than in the course of his or her duty, or who, in the course of his or her duty, improperly, directly or indirectly by himself or herself or by any other person in any manner whatsoever, influences or attempts to influence the decision of the Permanent Secretary to the President, the Director, an appointing authority or a supervising officer, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P3 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to make unlawful the giving of any reference or testimonial to any applicant or candidate for any public office or the supplying of any information or assistance requested by such officer.
60. Supplying false information
Any person who, in connection with the exercise, by the Permanent Secretary to the President, the Director, an appointing authority or a supervising officer, of his or her functions, wilfully gives, to such person, any information which he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true or which he or she knows or believes to be misleading by reason of the omission of any material particular, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P3 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both.
61. Improperly influencing an appointing authority
Any person who otherwise than in the course of his or her duty, or in the course of his or her duty improperly, directly or indirectly by himself or herself, or by any other person in any manner whatsoever, influences or attempts to influence the decision of the Permanent Secretary to the President, the Director, an appointing authority, or a supervising officer, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to make unlawful the giving of any reference or testimonial to any applicant or candidate for any public office or the supplying of any information or assistance requested by such officer.
62. Supplying false information to commission
Any person who, in connection with the exercise, by the Permanent Secretary to the President, the Director, an appointing authority or a supervising officer, of his or her functions, wilfully gives to such person any information which he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true, or which he or she knows or believes to be misleading by reason of the omission of any material particular, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
(1) Any member or other person who, without the written permission of the Minister, knowingly publishes or discloses to any other person otherwise than in the exercise of his or her official functions the contents of any document, communication or information whatsoever which has come to his or her notice in the course of his or her duties in relation to the Commission, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
(2) Any person who knows of any information which to his or her knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of subsection (1) and who publishes or communicates it to any other person otherwise than for the purposes of any prosecution under this Act or in the course of his or her official duty commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
