Republic of the Philippines Province of Cagayan Municipality of Piat ===================================================================
REQUEST LETTER TO ENGAGE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LEGAL PROFESSION Sec. +*. No officer or employee s*all en-a-e directly in any private business, vocation, or profession or be connected with any commercial, credit, agricultural, or industrial undertaking it*o(t a ritten permission from t*e *ead of epartment !rovided, That this prohibition will be absolute in the case of those officers and employees whose duties and responsibilities require that their entire time be at the disposal of the Government& +rovided, f(rt*er, 2*at if an employee is -ranted permission to en-a-e in o(tside activities, t*e time so devoted o(tside of office *o(rs s*o(ld be fied by t*e c*ief of t*e a-ency to t*e end t*at it ill not impair in any ay t*e efficiency of t*e ot*er officer or employee, *ic* do not involve any real or apparent conflict beteen *is private interests and p(blic d(ties, or in any ay infl(ence *im in t*e disc*ar-e of *is d(ties , and he shall not take part in the management of the enterprise or become an officer or member of the board of directors”
3#LG 4o& *5, series of ())+ is also ecisive in the practice of legal profession of appointive officials& #n the sai 3#LG opinion, it states that t*e re4(irement of a(t*ori/ation or permission from t*e 56G, t*e mb(dsman or t*e Civil Service Commission applied only to appointive officials it*in t*eir respective 7(risdictions *o ant to en-a-e in t*e practice of t*eir profession & 1ith this, rest assure that the privilege re6ueste $ill not entail any conflict of interest in so far as the functions of the your goo office an public service are concerne, an it $ill not in any $ay affect nor interfere in the ischarge of my uties an responsibilities as a local government unit employee& 7urther, being part of your goo office, # $ill firmly observe my limitations an ma8e sure that my private practice $ill not run contrary to the provision of Local Government Coe particularly "ection 5) regaring #1$ Non8appearance as co(nsel before any co(rt in any civil case *erein a local -overnment (nit or any office, a-ency, or instr(mentality of t*e -overnment is t*e adverse party#%$ Non8appearance as co(nsel in any criminal case *erein an officer or employee of t*e national or local -overnment is acc(sed of an offense committed in relation to *is office #3$ +ro*ibition in collectin- any fee for t*eir appearance in administrative proceedin-s involvin- t*e local -overnment (nit of *ic* *e is an official and #$ non8(se of property and personnel of t*e -overnment ecept *en *at is concerned is defendin- t*e interest of t*e -overnment.
#n light of the foregoing, # respectfully re6uest that # be given the permission to e-ercise my legal profession in private capacity, apply for notarial commission an teach la$ sub%ects in the tertiary level&
Respectfully,
ATTY. JOHN MAR" N. PARACA$ Roll 4o& ++9:; 2
