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During a city-level election, candidate J receives three contributions: (1) 170,000 in cash from Juan Dela Cruz, a Filipino citizen; (2) 480,000 in cash from NovaCore International, Ltd., a private corporation with 55% foreign ownership; (3) 320,000 in cash from the Philippine National Railways (PNR), a government-owned corporation.   (a)Identify which contributions are prohibited and explain why, citing the controlling rule on prohibited contributions. (b)If candidate J accepts the prohibited contributions, what are the legal consequences for the candidate and for the donors?