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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

unconstitutional, the validity of the other provisions shall

not be affected by such declaration.

SECTION 29. Effectivity . — This Code shall take effect

two years after its publication in the Official Gazette . (as

amended by Republic Act No. 6682, [November 25,

1988])

DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the

year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Seven.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 83 No. 31,

3528-138 Supp., on August 3, 1987.

Omnibus Rules Implementing Book V of

Executive Order No. 292 and Other

Pertinent Civil Service Laws

June 1995

Preface

The

Omnibus

Rules

Implementing

Book

V

of

Executive

Order

292

presents

in

a

comprehensive,

consolidated and updated form all operating procedures

in

the

bureaucracy's

personnel

management

and

administration systems. Previously, these were scattered

in various executive orders and administrative issuances

from several offices within the government structure.

With the standard operating procedures updated

and consolidated between two covers a big step has been

made towards attaining our ultimate goal: a smoothly

functioning;

well-motivated

and

competent

public

service.

Pursuant to the provision of Section 12 (2), Chapter 3,

Book V of Executive Order No. 292 , otherwise known as

the " Administrative Code of 1987 ", made effective on

November 23, 1989, and Resolution No. 91-1631 dated

December

27,

1991

the

following

Rules

are

hereby

adopted

and

prescribed

in

order

to

carry

out

the

provisions of said Code and other pertinent civil service

laws.

RULE I Coverage and Definition of Terms

SECTION 1. Except as otherwise provided, these Rules

shall apply to all officers and employees both in the

career and non-career service.

SECTION 2. The terms hereunder shall be construed

as follows:

(a) Agency means any bureau, office, commission,

administration, board, committee, institute, corporation

with original charter, or any other unit of the national

government

as

well

as

provincial, city or municipal

government.

(b)

Appointing

officer

is

the

person

or

body

authorized by law to make appointments in the civil

service.

(c)

Career

service

is

composed

of

positions

appointment

to

which

prior

qualification

in

an

appropriate examination is required.

(d) Class includes all positions in the government

service that are sufficiently similar as to duties and

responsibilities and require similar qualifications that can

be

given

the

same

title

and

salary

and

for

all

administrative and compensation purposes, be treated

alike.

(e) Chairman refers to the Chairman of the Civil

Service Commission.

(f) Code refers to Executive Order No. 292 .

(g)

Commission

refers

to

the

Civil

Service

Commission.

(h) Commissioner refers to either of the two other

members of the Commission.

(i)

Department

includes

any

of

the

executive

departments

or

entities

having

the

category

of

a

department

including

the

judiciary

and

the

other

constitutional commissions and bodies.

(j) Eligible refers to a person who obtains a passing

grade

in

a

civil

service

examination

given

by

the

Commission or with its assistance or coordination or is

conferred any civil service eligibility and whose name is

entered in the register of eligibles.

(k) Examination refers to a civil service examination

conducted by the Commission or its offices or by other

departments or agencies with the assistance of or in

coordination with the Commission, and those it may

delegate to departments and agencies or those that may

have been delegated by law.

(l)

Form

refers

to

those

prescribed

by

the

Commission.

(m) Non-career service is composed of positions

expressly declared by law to be in the non-career service;

or those whose entrance in the service is characterized by

(1) entrance on bases other than those of the usual tests

of merit and fitness utilized for the career service; and (2)

tenure which is limited to a period specified by law, or

which

is

coterminous

with

that

of

the

appointing

authority or subject to his pleasure, or which is limited to

the duration of a particular project from which purpose

employment was made.

(n) Officers and employees include all officials and

employees in the civil service.

(o)

Position

refers

to

a

set

of

duties

and

responsibilities assigned by competent authority to be

performed

by

an

individual

on

either

full

time

or

part-time basis.

(p) The following terms used in Rule XVI shall be

construed as follows:

1. Leave of absence is generally defined as a right

granted to officials and employees not to report for work

with or without pay as may be provided by law and as the

rules prescribe in Rule XVI hereof.

2. Commutation of leave credits refers to conversion

of unused leave credits to their corresponding money

value.

3. Cumulation of leave credits refers to incremental

acquisition of unused leave credits by an official or

employee.

4. Immediate family refers to the spouse, children,

parents, unmarried brothers and sisters and any relative

living under the same roof and dependent upon the

employee for support.

5. Sick leave refers to leave of absence granted only

on account of sickness or disability on the part of the

employee concerned or any member of his immediate

family.

6. Vacation leave refers to leave of absence granted to

officials and employees for personal reasons, the approval

of which is contingent upon the necessities of the service.

7. Monetization refers to payment in advance under

prescribed limits and subject to specified terms and

conditions of the money value of leave credits of an

employee upon his request without actually going on

leave.

8.

Pregnancy

refers

to

the

period

between

conception and delivery or birth of a child. For purposes

of maternity leave, miscarriage is within the period of

pregnancy.

9. Maternity leave refers to leave of absence granted

to female government employees legally entitled thereto

in addition to vacation and sick leave. The primary intent

or purpose of granting maternity leave is to extend

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