SBN-1045 - Senate

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sexual-orientation, regional origin or ethnic affiliation. Measures shall be adopted to
include qualified members of indigenous cultural communities, and other minority
groups and differently-abled persons for recruitment and selection.
SEC. 53. Kinds and Frequency of Civil Service Examinations. -
Examinations may be written, oral, physical, testimonial based on performance or skills
or a combination of these types. Examinations may take into consideration experience,
education, aptitude, capacity, knowledge, character, physical fitness and other attributes
of the applicant as may be determined by Commission.
The Commissiqn shall administer competitive examinations for all levels in the
career service and graht corresponding civil service eligibilities to passers of the same.
The Commission shall conduct civil service examinations as often as the
exigency of the servicb requires. Civil service special examinations may be conducted
upon request of a particular department or agency, .subject to rules and regulations
promulgated by the Cdmmission.
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SEC. 54. Q' alificafions of Applicants to Civil Service Examinations. -
Admission to civil serv P ce examinations shall be limited to citizens of the Philippines who
satisfactdrily meet the
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kequirements prescribed by the Commission.
SEC. 55. R ting of Examination Papers and Civil Service Eligibility. -
Unless otherwise prescribed by the Commission, every examinee who obtains a
general rating of at lea$t eighty (80) percent shall be granted civil service eligibility.
SEC. 56. Simultaneous Release of earninafion Results. - The results
of an examination h$d in various locations on the same date shall be released
simultaneously. I
SEC. 57. Regisfers of Civil Service Eligibles. - The Commission shall
maintain a register of qualified eligibles for each category of examination actually
available for appointment. The register shall be the basis for certification and
appointment in the civil service system.
SEC. 58. BAR or Board Examinations as Eligibility. - Successful
examinees of bar or board examinations requiring completion of baccalaureate degrees
or courses requiring not less than seventy-two (72) units of collegiate subjects or its
equivalent as well as those registered under their respective boards to practice their
professions without examinations, shall automatically be considered civil service
eligibles. Their eligibilities shall be effective upon the release of the examination results
or the date of the registration, as the case may be, by the Supreme Court or the
Professional Regulation Commission.
SEC. 59. Effectivity and lmprescriptibilify of Civil Service Eligibility. -
Eligibilities resulting from civil sewice, bar or board examinations shall be effective on
the date of the release of examination results. Other eligibilities granted by the
Commission shall be effective on the date of the grant.
Civil service eligibilities shall be imprescriptible.
SEC. 60. Invalidation of Civil Service Examination Resulfs. - The
Commission shall have the authority to invalidate civil service examination results based
on statistical improbability and other forms of irregularity as determined by the
Commission.