Section 2
SEC. 2. Section six hundred and sixty-two of the Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 662. Matters to be prescribed in civil service rules.—The civil-service rules shall, among other things, prescribe the conditions which shall govern certification from eligible registers, appointments to the service, separations therefrom, suspensions, deductions from pay, reductions, reinstatements, and transfers and shall define the procedure to be followed in such matters. They shall also contain regulations concerning the hours of labor, the allowance of leave of absence (including the withholding of salary for leave granted), and the allowance of travel expenses and half salary of persons entitled thereto — all in conformity with the provisions of this Code. The rules shall also prohibit any discrimination in the appointment of eligibles by reason of the ratings obtained in the examination, and the political activity and engaging in any private business, vocation, or profession, of persons in the civil service."