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Question 20

2023 Bar · Criminal Law · 1 sub-question

20. Dita is a Councilor of Mati City, Davao Oriental. Her staff, Arabella, alerted her that she is already delayed in the submission of her 2023 Personal Data Sheet (PDS), an official document. Dita handed Arabella a copy of the 2022 PDS she previously filed and asked her to accomplish the 2023 PDS for her, instructing her to just copy the entries in the 2022 PDS. One of the questions in the PDS is whether the government official has a pending case before any tribunal. Arabella answered “No” to the question even if Dita was in fact indicted for Libel, which was pending before the Regional Trial Court. After Arabella filled out the PDS, she delivered it to Dita for review, who hastily signed and submitted it without even checking the veracity of the accomplished entries. What crime, if any, did Dita commit? Explain. Page 7 of 7

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