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Section 50. Summary Proceedings - Administrative Code of 1987

Section 50. Summary Proceedings of Administrative Code of 1987. Section 50. Summary Proceedings. - No formal investigation is necessary and the respondent may be immediately removed or dismissed if any of the

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Administrative Code of 1987

Section 50. Summary Proceedings. - No formal investigation is necessary and the respondent may be immediately removed or dismissed if any of the following circumstances is present:

(1) When the charge is serious and the evidence of guilt is strong;

(2) When the respondent is a recidivist or has been repeatedly charged and there is reasonable ground to believe that he is guilty of the present charge; and

(3) When the respondent is notoriously undesirable.

Resort to summary proceedings by the disciplining authority shall be done with utmost objectivity and impartiality to the end that no injustice is committed: Provided, That removal or dismissal except those by the President, himself or upon his order, may be appealed to the Commission.

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