REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, SECTION 3
THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997
CODE
SECTION
226, 227

Act Sections
Code Sections

"SECTION 226. Disposition of Funds Recovered in Legal Proceedings or Obtained from Forfeitures. - All judgments and monies recovered and received for taxes, costs, forfeitures, fines and penalties shall be paid to the Commissioner or his authorized deputies as the taxes themselves are required to be paid, and except as specially provided, shall be accounted for and dealt within the same way.

"SECTION 227. Satisfaction of Judgment Recovered Against any Internal Revenue Officer. - When an action is brought against any Internal Revenue Officer to recover damages by reason of any act done in the performance of official duty, and the Commissioner is notified of such action in time to make defense against the same, through the Solicitor General, any judgment, damages or costs recovered in such action shall be satisfied by the Commissioner, upon approval of the Secretary of Finance, or if the same be paid by the person sued shall be repaid or reimbursed to him.

"No such judgment, damages, or costs shall be paid or reimbursed in behalf of a person who has acted negligently or in bad faith, or with willful oppression.


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