LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION OF BAC MEMBERS
Section 72. Private Legal Assistance
All the members of the BAC are hereby authorized to engage the services of private lawyers or external counsel immediately upon receipt of Court Notice that a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding is filed against them in connection with the lawful performance of their official functions and duties as BAC members. The lawyer's fee shall be part of the indemnification package for the BAC members, subject to the provisions of Section 73 of the Act and this IRR. For purposes of this Rule, the BAC members shall be understood to include its support staff, such as the members of the TWG and the BAC Secretariat.
Section 73. Indemnification of BAC Members
73.1. The GPPB shall establish an equitable indemnification package for public officials providing services in and for the BAC, which may be in the form of free legal assistance, liability insurance, and other forms of protection and indemnification for all reasonable fees, costs, and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with any administrative, civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding to which they may be, or have been made, a party, by reason of the lawful performance of their official functions and duties, unless they are finally adjudged in such action or proceeding to be liable for gross negligence or misconduct or grave abuse of discretion, or otherwise held liable or guilty of the complaints or charges.
73.2. In the event of a settlement or compromise, indemnification shall be confined only on matters covered by the settlement, for which the Procuring Entity had been advised by counsel, that, the public officials to be indemnified have not committed gross negligence or misconduct or grave abuse of discretion in the performance of their functions and duties.
73.3. The members of the BAC and its support staff, such as the members of the TWG and the BAC Secretariat, shall also be entitled to medical assistance for injuries incurred in the performance of their functions.