Section 3Republic Act No. 2260, as amended, and as organized under the Integrated Reorganization Plan may serve as the nucleus of the Civil Service Commission., Sec./Art. 3

As used in this Decree, the following shall be construed thus:

(a) Agency means any bureau, office, commission, administration, board, committee, institute, corporation, whether performing governmental or proprietary function, or any other unit of the National Government, as well as provincial, city or municipal government, except as hereinafter otherwise provided.

(b) Appointing officer is the person or body authorized by law to make appointments in the Philippine Civil Service.

(c) 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.

(d) Commission refers to the Civil Service Commission.

(e) Chairman refers to the Chairman of the Commission.

(f) Commissioner refers either of the two other members of the Commission.

(g) Department includes any of the executive departments or entities having the category of a department including the judiciary, Commission on Elections and Commission on Audit.

(h) Eligible refers to a person who obtains a passing grade in a civil service examination or is granted a civil service eligibility and whose name is entered in the register of eligibles.

(i) Examination refers to a civil service examination conducted by the Commission and its regional offices or by other departments or agencies with the assistance of the Commission, or in coordination or jointly with it, and those that it may delegate to departments and agencies pursuant to this Decree, or those that may have been delegated by law.

(j) Form refers to those prescribed by the Civil Service Commission.

ARTICLE IV

SCOPE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE