Practice question
A government-owned corporation is stipulated to have been created directly by a special law and to possess an original charter. Does its commercial activity alone remove its employees from civil-service coverage?
- No; commercial activity alone does not negate the stipulated original-charter inclusion.
- Yes; selling anything automatically removes coverage.
- Yes; only nonprofit offices are covered.
- Yes; the corporation may disregard its charter by vote.
- Yes; the Constitution prohibits chartered corporations.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, section 2(1), https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- National Service Corporation v. NLRC, G.R. No. L-69870, November 29, 1988, civil-service coverage discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1988/nov1988/gr_l-69870_1988.html
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