SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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S.No. 1181 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "SONNY" F. Trillanes IV 
Explanatory Note 
Section 12 (2), Chapter 3, Subtitle A, Title I, Book V of the Revised Administration Code of 
1987 states that, among the powers and functions of the Civil Service Commission, the 
Commission shall prescribe, amend, and enforce rules and regulations for carrying into effect the 
provisions of the Civil Service Law and other pertinent laws. 
One of the major functions of the Commission is the granting of civil service eligibility under 
special laws upon meeting the qualifications and fulfilling of documentary requirements without 
taking the regular civil service examinations. 
By virtue of Republic Act No. 1080, the bar examinations and the examinations given by the 
various boards of examiners of the Govermnent are declared as civil service examinations. 
Hence, those who passed these examinations may be appointed into the civil service without the 
necessity of passing the civil service examinations, except those positions requiring highly 
specialized knowledge not covered by the ordinary board examinations. 
This bill seeks to grant holders of doctorate degrees recognizing their educational competence 
and fitness for appointment or promotion to executive positions in the civil service by reason of 
their having completed post graduate studies. It aims to provide the same privilege given to those 
who passed the bar or board examinations to holders of doctorate degrees which is equivalent to, 
if not more than the bar or board examinations. 
In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
"F. TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.No. 1181 
Introduced by Senator Antonio "SONNY" F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
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DECLARING THE CONFERMENT OF A DOCTORATE DEGREE AS EQUIVALENT 
TO ENTRY LEVEL CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE OFFICER ELIGIBILITY IN 
THE CIVIL SERVICE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. The confennent of a doctorate degree by an institution of higher learning 
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duly accredited by the Commission on Higher Education is hereby declared as equivalent to 
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entry level Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) eligibility in the civil service for purposes 
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of appointment to executive positions in the classified service in the Govennnent or any of its 
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branches, subdivisions, instrumentalities and agencies including government-owned or 
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controlled corporations with original charters, except with regard to positions requiring highly 
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specialized knowledge not covered by the doctorate degree of the holder. 
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SEC. 2. The registrars or other responsible officers of duly accredited colleges and 
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Universities offering doctorate· degrees shall regularly furnish the Civil Service Commission 
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(CSC) with a list of graduates of their respective colleges or universities who have been 
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conferred with doctorate degrees within sixty days from confennent. 
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SEC. 3. Eligibility shall connnence on the date of confennent. Provided, that for those 
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who have already been conferred doctorate degrees prior to the passage of this Act, their 
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eligibility shall be deemed to commence from the approval hereof. 
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SEC. 4. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate the rules and regulations to 
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implement the provisions of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the completion of its publication 
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in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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