CSC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 15

: Acts such as procurement or use of fake/spurious civil service eligibility, giving assistance for the commission or procurement of such, cheating, collusion, impersonation, or other anomalous acts violating the integrity of the civil service examination are considered grave offenses.
: Such persons shall be barred from taking any civil service examination for a period of three (3) years only.
: The accessory penalty is perpetual disqualification from taking any civil service examination.
: CSC Memorandum Circular Nos. 8, s. 1990 and 01, s. 1991 are modified/amended accordingly.
: This memorandum circular shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
: The Civil Service Commission is mandated as the central personnel agency to safeguard the sanctity of civil service examinations.
: The basis is being found guilty, after due notice and hearing, of any cheating, collusion, or other anomalous acts and being meted the penalty of dismissal from the service.
: The legal concepts involved include grave offense, dishonesty, grave misconduct, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
: If not dismissed, the penalty per CSC MC No. 01, s. 1991 applies, which is a three-year bar from taking any civil service examination.
: Due notice and hearing must be given before meting the penalty of dismissal and perpetual disqualification.