THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
5 MAR -3 
P 4  121 
FIRST REGULAR SESSION 
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Introduced by Senator Magsaysay, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
A strong Republic in order for it to remain strong, effective and 
democratic must have strong checks and balances not only in the 
bureaucracy, but also in the Armed Services as well. An Armed Forces 
dominated by one culture of officers coming from one military institution 
opens itself to manipulations and easy commitment of acts inimical to 
national security, the negative aspects of common bonds and cultures 
among officers. It should be policy of the State to have multiple sources 
of commission of officers in the AFP. No one group of officers from a 
particular source of commission be allowed to dominate the AFP. Thus 
there is a necessity to establish separate military academies of the major 
services of the AFP. 
Officers from varied sources of commission will enhance checks 
and balances in the AFP. The negative aspect of cultural bonding among 
alumni of the same institution will be lessened and officers will have a 
healthy professional competition to rise up to higher ranks. This bill 
proposes the establishment of a Philippine Naval Academy (PNA) to train 
Naval Officers of the AFP. The instruction will be a 2-year program, 
basing from the minimum General College Education requirements as 
established by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). 
The present facilities, equipment, applicable areas, faculty and 
administrative personnel of the Philippine Naval Training Command shall 
be absorbed by the PNA. 
The PNA shall establish a strong working 
relationship for specific academic as well as training facilities with the 
Philippine Merchant Marine Academy and other colleges, universities and 
institutions. Nothing prevents the PNA from establishing arrangements 
with colleges and universities to augment capabilities to train 
midshipmen. 
Upon graduation from PNA the midshipmen shall be 
commissioned regular officers of the AFP. The baccalaureate degrees 
earned at the PNA prepare the graduates to pass certain government 
licensure examinations for mariners. And since the degrees acquired 
from PNA are CHED accredited, the graduates will be able to use their 
academic and leadership training not only as Navy Officers but also as 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
5 IN? -3 
i'4 2 1  
FIRST REGULAR SESSION 
1 
Introduced by Senator Magsaysay, Jr. 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NAVAL ACADEMY (PNA) AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Applicability - The provision of this Act shall apply 
to the AFP in so far as to the establishment of the Philippine Naval 
Academy; admission of cadets, who shall be known and called as 
midshipmen; 
organization and administration 
of 
the Academy; 
appointment to the regular force as officers in the AFP from those who 
successfully complete the academic and officer training in the academy; 
the composition of the Corps of Midshipmen; composition of the 
Academic Board and Faculty members. 
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms - For purposes of this Act, the 
following are hereby defined: 
a. Active Commission Service - A period of the active service 
b. CHED - Commission on Higher Education 
c. Commission - 
rendered by an individual as commissioned officer. 
a status conferred to an individual by the 
President of the Republic of the Philippines to serve as regular 
officer in the AFP. 
d. CMPN - Corps of Midshipmen of the Philippine Navy. 
e. Midshipman - a cadet in the Philippine Naval Academy who is 
pursuing a baccalaureate degree and being trained as an 
officer of the AFP and specializing in the maritime fields. 
PNA - Philippine Naval Academy. 
Regular Officer - a commissioned officer in the regular forces 
of the AFP appointed as such by the President of the Republic 
of the Philippines. 
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SEC. 3. Declaration of State Policy - It is hereby declared that 
the State promotes multiple sourcing of regular officers of the AFP from 
diverse military institutions of the Major Services of AFP including from 
the Coast Guard Academy/School that maybe established in the future. 
This State policy conforms to the policy of developing checks and 
balances in a democratic country like ours not only in the government 
bureaucracy but also in the defense and national security agencies. 
SEC. 4. Phmppine Maval Academy - There shall be established 
in the Philippine Navy an educational institution to be known as the 
Philippine Naval Academy (PNA), hereinafter referred to as the Academy, 


for the instruction and preparation for military service of Philippine Naval 
Cadets, to be known as Midshipmen. This instruction is a 2-year 
program, basing from the minimum academic entry requirements as 
established by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). 
Certain applicable facilities of the PN Training Command shall be 
absorbed by the Philippine Naval Academy including equipment, facilities 
school ground and applicable members of the faculty and administrative 
personnel as the case maybe. 
SEC. 5. Corps of Midshipmen' of the Philippine Navy - The 
student body of the Academy shall be known as the Corps of 
Midshipmen of the Philippine Navy (CMPN). The processing of applicants 
for midshipmen begins form the filling-up and submission of application 
forms to the office of midshipmen admission. A national competitive 
examination for qualified applicants be announced by the Philippine 
Navy. Successful examinees will be notified by telegram and their names 
published in a national daily. 
They will then undergo a thorough 
medical, dental, and neuro-psychiatric examination. 
The medical 
examination as well as the transportation fare from the applicants' 
address to the government hospital conducting the check-up will be free. 
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SEC. 6. EligibUty for Admission .- To be eligible for admission, 
a candidate must: 
1. Be single and must never have been married; 
2. Be a natural-born citizen of the Philippines; 
3. Be at least eighteen years (18) of age but not more than twenty- 
one (21) years of age on the 1st day of May of the year of 
admission; 
4. Have at least completed the necessary General College 
Education requirements as established by the Commission on 
Higher Education (CHED) obtained from any government 
recognized colleges or universities or accredited institutionls 
leading to a 4- year baccalaureate degree; 
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5. Have passed and completed basic ROTC; 
6. Pass the competitive national; examination given for tQe 
7. Must pass the physical examination and psychological tests to 
8. Be willing to conform to and abide by all laws of the country 
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be given by competent authorities of the Philippine Navy; 
and rules and regulations of the AFP. 
The Academy shall provide for educational and physical facilities 
for the recruitment and training of women as members of tqe 
mid shipmen, 
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Women shall be admitted and shall comprise not les than five 
percent (5%) of the strength of midshipmen shall be appointed by the 
President. 
An appointment is conditional until the midshipman is 
admitted. 
If it is to be determined that, upon the admission of a new class to 
the Academy, the number of midshipmen at the Academy will be below 
the authorized number, the Chief of Staff may nominate, as may be 
qualified, alternates and are recommended and found qualified by the 


Faculty as are necessary to meet the needs of the Philippine Navy, but 
not more than the authorized strength of the midshipmen, which is three 
hundred (300) all at one time. 
SEC. 7. Academic Courses - 
a. 
Academic courses, which are major requirements for the 
conferral of baccalaureate degrees, shall be taught to the 
Midshipmen in the academy. The Academy shall be manned 
and equipped with the necessary faculty, expertise, equipment 
and facilities to conform to CHEDs requirements to be able to 
award baccalaureate degrees within 2 years of continuing 
academic instrbctions and officer training. There will be no 
academic breaks except on legal and national holidays. 
Nothing prevents the Academy from inviting professors and 
other experts in the maritime and other technical fields from 
existing national agencies, or having agreements with schools, 
colleges and universities to augment its capabilities , nor the 
hiring of civilian professors to man professorial chairs. All 
these personnel shall be subject to AFP and Academy rules 
and regulations whichever maybe applicable. 
The Superintendent of the Academy shall recommend to the 
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, 
individuals who will be designated/commissioned as members 
of the Corps of Professors. 
Applicable laws governing 
appointment and commissionship in the Corps Professors 
shall apply. 
b. 
SEC. 8. Organization of the Corps of Midshipmen - 
The Corps of Midshipmen of the Philippine Navy (CMPN) shall be 
organized along the lines of the Navy organizations. The CMPN shall 
have a First Captain appointed by the Superintendent of the Academy 
from among the most qualified Midshipmen. The CMPN shall have an 
honor code of conduct, which shall be used to govern the behavior of 
each and every individual of the CMPN in addition to the established AFP 
rules and regulations. 
SEC. 9. Pay and Allowances - The pay allowances of the 
midshipmen shall be fixed by the President. 
SEC. 10. 
Undertaking 
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Each midshipman shall sign an 
agreement that, unless sooner separated by duly authorized authorities, 
he shall: 
1. Complete the course of instruction at the academy; 
2. Accept an appointment and serve as a commissioned officer of 
the Armed Forces of the Philippines for at least eight (8) years 
immediately after graduation from Academy. 
Entry into the 
Academy shall be on the 1st week of May every year. 
Graduation will also be on the 1st week of May every year. 
SEC. 11. Midshipmen Retirement - Any midshipman, who 
shall, after entrance to the Academy and before completion of prescribed 
courses of training, be found physically or mentally unfit for military 
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assignment by reason of injury or disease incident to the service, shall be 
retired with the rank of Ensign of the Philippine Navy. 
SEC. 12. Commission - Upon satisfactory completion of the 
course of instruction at the Academy, the midshipmen shall be 
commissioned Ensigns in the regular force of the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines with the relative rank in the order of final general standing as 
determined by the Academic Board of the Academy and approved by the 
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SEC. 13. Administration - The Academy as herein established 
shall be organized and administered by the Flag Officer in Command, 
Philippine Navy (PN) under the general supervision and control of the 
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SEC. 14. 
Academic Board 
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The Academic Board of the 
Academy shall be composed of the Superintendent, the Dean of the 
Corps of Professors, the Commandant of midshipman and the Heads of 
the Departments to be constituted as follows: 
a. The Superintendent and the commandant of midshipmen of 
the Academy shall be detailed to those positions by the 
President form the officers of the Philippine Navy; 
b. The Dean of the Corps of Professors shall be appointed from the 
permanent professors who have served as heads of departments 
of instructions at the Academy. 
The Academic Board shall have the power to confer Baccalaureate 
degrees under such rules and regulations as the Chief of Staff of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines ma prescribe upon all midshipmen who 
may hereafter satisfactorily complete the approved course of studies. 
Cadets/Students from other Philippine Military institutions maybe 
admitted to the Academy provided that these cadets/students must have 
completed the necessary General College Education requirements of 
CHED as specified in Section 4 and section 6. These cadets/students, 
however, will no longer take the competitive examinations nationwide 
except that they must pass the physical and psychological examinations 
provided for. Upon entry into the Academy these cadets/students shall 
be appointed as midshipmen. Commissionship in the AFP for these 
cadets/ students shall be subject to the requirements for commissionship 
as applicable in their previous military institutions. 
SEC. 15. Baccalaureate Degree 
Baccalaureate degree to be conferred to those who successfully 
complete their courses in the Academy: 
Bachelor of Science in Marine and Naval Systems 
Bachelor of Science in Naval Electronics 
The degree mentioned above are the initial degrees. Other degrees 
that maybe needed in the future will be conferred provided that the 
Academic Board shall determine these degrees in consonance with the 
need of the country and the AFP as well. The Academy will develop these 
courses and the necessary expertise. 


SEC. 16. Prohibition Against Hazing - Subject to the approval 
of the Secretary of National Defense, the Superintendent of the Academy 
shall issue rules and regulations hazing and prescribe dismissal, 
suspension and other adequate punishment for violation thereof. 
For the purpose of this Act, "hazing" means any unauthorized 
assumption of authority by a midshipman whereby another midshipman 
suffers or is exposed to any form of injury, Indignity, humiliation, 
hardship or oppression or the deprivation or abridgement of rights. 
If a midshipman is charged with violating any rules and 
regulations issued pursuant to this Section, the penalty of which is 
dismissal from the Academy, a request in writing for a trial by a general 
court martial may be submitted. 
A midshipman dismissed from the Academy for hazing shall not be 
reappointed as a midshipman and shall be ineligible for appointment as 
a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines until after 
two (2) years from the graduation of his class. 
SEC. 17. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities - The Philippine 
Naval Training Command applicable assets and liabilities including the 
members of faculty and personnel, records and equipment, are hereby 
transferred to and integrated with the Philippine Naval Academy. Similar 
assets necessary for training now existing elsewhere in the AFP shall be 
transferred to the Academy. 
SEC. 18. Implementing Rules and Regulation - The Secretary 
of National Defense shall prescribe the implementing rules and 
regulation (IRR) necessary for the effective implementation of the 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 19. Budget - The initial appropriations necessary for the 
establishment of the Academy shall be charged to the appropriation of 
the Department of National Defense. 
Improvement necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Academy shall be included in the 
annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 20. Separability Clause 
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If any provision of this Act is 
held invalid, all the other provisions not affected hereby shall remain 
valid. 
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SEC. 21. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,