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Practice question: Scope

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Practice question

Does Article IX-B, Section 2(1) confine the civil service to the national executive branch?
  1. Yes; Congress and the Judiciary are excluded by name.
  2. Yes; only Cabinet departments are mentioned.
  3. No; the text embraces all branches, subdivisions, instrumentalities and agencies within its stated scope.
  4. Yes; every local government is automatically private.
  5. No, because it includes every private household employee as a public officer.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, Section 2(1)-(3): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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