Volume 13 Number 1 - University of the Philippines College of Law

January - March 2002 National Administrative Register 543
RULE VIII - RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS, REPORTS AND
CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
Section 1. Record of Proceedings ñ The proceedings of the Administrative Investigation
and Fact-Finding Inquiry of the Commission are not required to be recorded by stenographer.
In lieu of a transcript of stenographic notes, the record of the hearings shall consist of the
written summary thereof made by the Commission, the Commissioner assigned or the panel
of hearing officers and incorporated in an Order issued after each hearing. The said summary
shall include an abstract of the substance of the testimony of witnesses, an enumeration of
the documents offered in evidence and the marking thereof, the significant rulings handed
down, and other matters which the Commission, the Commissioner assigned, or the panel of
hearing officers may consider important and significant. The proceedings may be taperecorded
by the parties.
Section 2. Submission of Report and Recommendations ñ After completing its
investigation or hearing, the Commission en banc shall submit its report and recommendations
to the President. The report and recommendations shall state, among others, the factual
findings and legal conclusions, as well as the penalty recommended to be imposed or such
other action that may be taken.
Section 3. Referral to Other Government Units ñ Whenever the Commission deems it
warranted and necessary, it may refer for appropriate action any case to the Office of the
Ombudsman, or any other office, committee, commission, bureau, agency, department,
instrumentality or branch of the government, including government-owned or controlled
corporations.
Section 4. Measures to Prevent and Minimize Graft and Corruption ñ The Commission
may conduct studies, on its own or in cooperation with other government agencies or nongovernment
organizations, on new measures to prevent and minimize the opportunities for
graft and corruption at all levels of the bureaucracy.
RULE IX - PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVITY
Section 1. Filing in UP Law Center; Effectivity ñ These Rules shall be published by the
filing of three (3) certified copies thereof in the UP Law Center and shall be effective and
shall govern all proceedings before the Commission upon the expiry of fifteen (15) days from
the date of the receipt of such copy by the said Center.
Adopted: 13 March 2002
(SGD.) DARIO C. RAMA
Chairman
(SGD.) CESAR D. BUENAFLOR (SGD.) TERESITA D. BALTAZAR
Commissioner Commissioner
ATTESTED BY:
(SGD.) JOSE SONNY G. MATULA
Executive Director