[Civil Service Rules, III, 3.] SECTION  709 . Positions in Unclassified Service Not Subject to Examination Requirements.  — The examination requirements of the Civil Service Law for entrance into the civil service or for promotion therein shall not apply to positions in the unclassified se rvice, except as otherwise specially provided. [1698-1.] Postmasters mentioned in subsection ( m ) of section seven hundred and seven hereof may be subjected to examination in the discretion of the Director of Posts. Persons appointed to the position of chief of assistant chief of a Bureau or Office or to the position of superintendent may be required to undergo a civil-service examination if the officer making the appointment shall so direct. [1698-7.] SECTION  710 . Examining Committees and Special Examiners.  — The Director of Civil Service may, with the approval of the proper head of Department, appoint examining committees or special examiners from officers and employees in the service. Such persons sha ll be examiners of the Bureau of Civil Service, and shall perform such duties as the Director may require in connection with examinations, investigations, appointments, and promotions, and in the performance of such duties they shall be under his exclusive  control. The duties so performed by them shall be deemed part of the duties of the office to which they pertain, and time shall be allowed for the performance of such duties during office hours. [Civil Service Rules, III, 6.] SECTION  711 . Citizenship as Qualification for Admission to Examination.  — No applicant shall be admitted to examination who is not a citizen of the Philippine Islands or of the United States or an honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine of the Unit ed States; but the requirement of citizenship may be waived by the Governor-General. [Civil Service Rules, II.] SECTION  712 . Director's Authority to Elicit Information as to Qualifications.  — The Director of Civil Service shall have power to elicit, under oath, from all applicants for examination and from persons in the service full information as to their citizensh ip, nativity, age, education, physical qualifications, Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 220