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Practice question: Composition, Qualifications, and Term of Members

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A proposed CSC appointee is a natural-born citizen with proven public-administration capacity and no prohibited immediately preceding candidacy. She will be thirty-four on the appointment date and thirty-five a month later. Does she meet the constitutional age requirement at appointment?
  1. Yes, because the oath may be delayed.
  2. Yes, because public-administration experience waives age.
  3. Yes, because the age requirement is only thirty.
  4. No; she must be at least thirty-five at the time of appointment.
  5. No; every CSC Member must be at least forty-five.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article IX B Section 1(1): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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