Personal lobbying prohibited, exceptions.
Section 12
SEC. 12. Personal lobbying prohibited, exceptions.— It shall be unlawful for any person other than licensed lobbyist to attempt personally and directly to influence any member of Congress to vote for or against any measure pending therein, or to be proposed, or vote for or against confirmation of any appointment pending before the Commission on Appointments, otherwise than by appearing before the regular committees thereof, when in session, or by newspaper publications, or by public addresses to persons other than members of Congress or Commission on Appointments, as the case may be, or by written or printed statement, arguments or briefs delivered to each member of Congress or Commission on Appointments, as the case may be; provided, that within five days after delivering such statement, argument or brief, three copies thereof shall be deposited with the Secretaries of both Houses or with the Secretary of the Commission of Appointments, as the case may be. No officer, agent, appointee, or employee, in the service of the government, shall attempt to influence any member of Congress to vote for or against any measure pending therein, affecting the pecuniary interests of such person, excepting in the manner authorized herein in the case of lobbyists. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any citizen not lobbying for hire of his constitutional right to communicate with members of Congress. Any person who limits his lobbying solely to appearance before either House of Congress or Commission on Appointments or its committees and registers his appearance on the records of such House or Commission or committee in writting, shall not be required to be licensed as a lobbyist, pay a license fee, register with the Secretaries of both Houses or with the Secretary of the Commission on Appointments, as the case nay be, or make any reports of expenditures. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than six months or by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos, or both such imprisonment and fine.