SPECIAL PENAL LAWS SUPPLEMENTAL READING MATERIALS   ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (R.A. NO. 3019, AS AMENDED)   Q: What s the purpose of the Anti-Graft Law?   A: It was enacted under the police power of the State to promote morality in the public service.   Q: What is the policy behind the enactment of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act?   A: It was enacted to deter public officials and employees from committing acts of dishonesty and improve the tone of morality in the public service.  It was declared to be a state policy “in line with principle that a public office is a public trust, to repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constit...