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name or designation.

(8) "Bureau" refers to any principal subdivision or unit of any department. For purposes of Book IV, this
shall include any principal subdivision or unit of any instrumentality given or assigned the rank of a bureau,
regardless of actual name or designation, as in the case of department-wide regional offices.
(9) "Office" refers, within the framework of governmental organization, to any major functional unit of a
department or bureau including regional offices. It may also refer to any position held or occupied by
individual persons, whose functions are defined by law or regulation.
(10) "Instrumentality" refers to any agency of the National Government, not integrated within the
department framework vested within special functions or jurisdiction by law, endowed with some if not all
corporate powers, administering special funds, and enjoying operational autonomy, usually through a
charter. This term includes regulatory agencies, chartered institutions and government-owned or controlled
corporations.
(11) "Regulatory agency" refers to any agency expressly vested with jurisdiction to regulate, administer or
adjudicate matters affecting substantial rights and interests of private persons, the principal powers of
which are exercised by a collective body, such as a commission, board or council.
(12) "Chartered institution" refers to any agency organized or operating under a special charter, and vested
by law with functions relating to specific constitutional policies or objectives. This term includes the state
universities and colleges and the monetary authority of the State.
(13) "Government-owned or controlled corporation" refers to any agency organized as a stock or non-stock
corporation, vested with functions relating to public needs whether governmental or proprietary in nature,
and owned by the Government directly or through its instrumentalities either wholly, or, where applicable
as in the case of stock corporations, to the extent of at least fifty-one (51) per cent of its capital stock:
Provided, That government-owned or controlled corporations may be further categorized by the
Department of the Budget, the Civil Service Commission, and the Commission on Audit for purposes of
the exercise and discharge of their respective powers, functions and responsibilities with respect to such
corporations.
(14) "Officer" as distinguished from "clerk" or "employee", refers to a person whose duties, not being of a
clerical or manual nature, involves the exercise of discretion in the performance of the functions of the
government. When used with reference to a person having authority to do a particular act or perform a
particular function in the exercise of governmental power, "officer" includes any government employee,
agent or body having authority to do the act or exercise that function.
(15) "Employee", when used with reference to a person in the public service, includes any person in the
service of the government or any of its agencies, divisions, subdivisions or instrumentalities.

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