FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 18 2 4 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORYNOTE 
With the passage of Republic Act No. 6975, administrative control and 
supervision over the country's district, city and municipal jails was transferred to the 
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) under the Department of the 
Interior and Local Government (DILG). 
The maintenance of all district, city and municipal jails throughout the country 
is now therefore lodged with the BJMP, which is presently a distinct bureau with its 
own uniformed and non-uniformed personnel complement. 
In the light of the reforms brought about by RA 6975, it has become 
imperative to enact amendments to existing laws affecting the plight of our jailguards 
to serve as modest incentives in lifting the economic status of the men and women 
of the BJMP whose bravery, perseverance and devotion in overseeing the country's 
jails with utmost diligence and professionalism deserve the highest public esteem. 
One of these laws is Republic Act No. 6963, otherwise known as "An Act 
granting special financial assistance and benefits to the family or beneficiary of any 
police or military or firemen killed or permanently incapacitated while in the 
performance of his duty or by reason of his office or position, and for other 
purposes". 
Based on the title of RA 6963 alone, it is indeed apparent that our country's 
jailguards have been left out from the scope of the said law. As such, this bill 
therefore intends to amend the provisions of RA 6963 to include the BJMP 
personnel which will give a big boost to their welfare and morale and will make them 
receive the same benefits enjoyed by their counterparts in the other uniformed 
services of the government. 
With this bill, it is hoped that the family or beneficiary of the men and women 
of the BJMP will be given the special financial assistance and benefits due them 
when they are killed or permanently incapacitated while in the performance of their 
duty or by reason of their office or position. 
Hence, the passage of this proposed legislative measure 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1824 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6963, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 
“AN ACT GRANTING SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS TO 
THE FAMILY OR BENEFICIARY OF ANY POLICE OR MILITARY PERSONNEL 
OR FIREMAN KILLED OR PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED WHILE IN THE 
PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY OR BY REASON OF HIS OFFICE OR POSITION, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
Be it enacfed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. - Section 1 of Republic Act No. 6963 is hereby amended to 
“SECTION I. 
The family or beneficiary of any [police or military personnel, 
including any fireman assisting in a police or military action] UNIFORMED AND 
read as follows. 
NON-UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), 
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION 
(BFP) AND BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), who is 
killed or becomes permanently incapacitated while in the [performance] LINE of [his] 
duty or by reason of his office or position, provided he has not committed any crime 
or human rights violations by final judgment on such occasion, shall be entitled to 
the special financial assistance provided for in this Act in addition to whatever 
compensation, donation, insurance, gift, pension, grant, or any form of benefit which 
said deceased or permanently incapacitated person or his family may received or be 
entitled to 
SEC. 2. - Section 2 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 2. The term “PERSONNEL, AS USED IN THIS ACT, SHALL REFER 
TO BOTH THE UNIFORMED AND NON-UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF THE PNP, 
AFP, BFP AND BJMP WHILE THE TERM “family” OR “BENEFICIARY, [as used in 
this Act] shall refer to the surviving legal spouse and his [legitimate] children or 
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parents, [or brothers and sisters, or aunts and uncles,] in that respective order: 
Provided: That, if the [police or military personnel or fireman] PNP, AFP, BFP OR 
BJMP PERSONNEL is a Muslim, the pertinent provisions of the Code of Muslim 
Personal Law (Shari’a) shall apply. 
SEC. 3. - Section 3 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 3. The special financial assistance referred to in Section One hereof 
shall be that which is equivalent to the average six (6) month’s salary, including 
allowances and bonuses, during the last twelve (12) months preceding the death 
OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY of [the officer] ANY UNIFORMED AND NON- 
UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF THE PNP, AFP, BFP OR BJMP which shall not be 
considered a part of the estate of the deceased and which shall be exempt from 
attachment, garnishment or execution and from income and other taxes. 
SEC. 4. - Section 4 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the cashier from whom the deceased or 
permanently incapacitated [police or military personnel or fireman] PERSONNEL OF 
THE PNP, AFP, BFP OR BJMP used to receive his salary, within three (3) days 
from receipt of a written certification from the station or unit commander of the fact 
of death OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY and the circumstances thereof to deliver to 
the beneficiaries such special financial assistance as stated in Section Three hereof. 
In case of permanent [disability] INCAPACITY, a certification by the proper medical 
officer designated by the CHIEF OF THE PNP, OR THE Chief of Staff of the [Armed 
Forces of the Philippine] AFP, or the [Director General of the Integrated National 
Police] CHIEF OF THE BFP, OR THE CHIEF OF THE BJMP, as the case my be, is 
necessary for the payment of the aforesaid SPECIAL financial assistance. After said 
payment, a report with the formal certificate of death or permanent incapacity shall 
be RESPECTIVELY submitted to the [Secretary of National Defense or the Director 
General of the Integrated National Police] CHIEF OF THE PNP, OR THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF OF THE AFP, OR THE CHIEF OF THE BFP, OR THE CHIEF OF THE 
BJMP. 
SEC. 5. - Section 5 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 5. In order to assure the payment of the special financial assistance 
referred to in this Act, without any need of any appropriation act or ordinance, the 
payment shall come from the expected salary, allowances and bonusES of the 
deceased or permanently incapacitated [police or military] personnel [or fireman] OF 
THE PNP, AFP, BFP OR BJMP for the next six (6) months after his death or 
PERMANENT incapacity: Provided, That the position left vacant by the deceased or 
permanently incapacitated [police or military personnel or fireman] PERSONNEL OF 
THE PNP, AFP, BFP OR BJMP on account of his death or PERMANENT incapacity 
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shall not be filled during that period of six (6) months: Provided, further, That if the 
public welfare and interest so demand, as determined by the [municipal of city 
mayor or provincial governor] CHIEF OF THE PNP, in case of a [police] PNP 
personnel [or fireman, or by the Secretary of National Defense], OR THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF OF THE AFP, in case of a military personnel, OR THE CHIEF OF THE BFP, 
IN CASE OF A FIRE PERSONNEL, OR THE CHIEF OF THE BJMP, IN CASE OF A 
JAIL PERSONNEL the position left vacant by the deceased [personnel,] or 
permanently incapacitated personnel may be filled without waiting for the expiration 
of the six (6) months period earlier mentioned, in which case, the funds out of which 
the special financial assistance already received by the family of the deceased or 
permanently incapacitated personnel shall be replenish out of the emergency 
savings of the [municipality, city or province, or the department,] CONCERNED 
BUREAUS upon the direction in writing by [the municipal or city mayor or 
department secretary,] THEIR RESPECTIVE CHIEFS to their respective treasurers 
or cashiers [:Provided, finally, That, in the event of such emergency, no emergency 
savings as provided herein exist, the regional commander or the provincial 
commander, as the case may be, may draw augmentation personnel from any 
municipality in the province or region to fill up the vacancy until such time that the 
municipality where the vacancy occurred can fill up such vacancy with regular 
personnel]. 
SEC. 6. - Section 6 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 6. If any [police or military] personnel [or fireman] of the PNP, AFP, 
BFP OR BJMP is injured or wounded [or in any manner suffers any injury] in the 
performance of his official duties, the hospitalization expenses of such [police or 
military] personnel [or fireman] shall be shouldered by the office where he belongs, 
chargeable against the salary savings of such office without the need of any 
appropriation act or ordinance. 
SEC. 7. - Section 7 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. The surviving spouse of the deceased or permanently incapacitated 
[police or military] personnel [or fireman] OF THE PNP, AFP, BFP OR BJMP shall 
be given priority in employment in a government or agency or office where her 
qualifications are fitted: Provided, That if the spouse is already employed or not 
employable or if she waives her employment privilege, then an employable son or 
daughter shall be granted the said privilege. 
SEC. 8. - Section 11 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 11. Any person who unduly delays, refuses or in any manner prevents 
the payment of the special financial assistance [defined] AS PROVIDED in this Act 
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to the person or persons entitled thereto shall be dismissed from office if found guilty 
in an appropriate administrative case. 
SEC. 9. - Section 12 of the law is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prejudice and diminish 
whatever benefits a [member of the military establishment or the Integrated National 
Police] PERSONNEL OF THE PNP, AFP, BFP AND BJMP is entitled to receive 
under existing laws." 
SEC. I O .  lmplernenting Rules and Regulations. - The Department of the 
Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of National Defense (DND) 
and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), in coordination with the 
concerned bureaus and other agencies, shall promulgate and implement rules and 
regulations within ninety days following the approval of this Act. 
SEC. 11. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations 
which are contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect 15 days after its complete 
Approved, 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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