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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Third Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.NO. 2591 
Introduced by Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Edgardo J. Angara, Franklin M. Drilon, Manuel 
B. Villa, Jr., Francis N. Pangilinan, Compafiera Pia S. Cayetano 
AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF 
THE JUDICIARY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 910, 
AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 910, as amended is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
“SECTION 1. When a Justice of the Supreme Court, [or ofl the 
Court of Appeals, THE SANDIGANBAYAN OR OF THE COURT OF 
TAX APPEALS, OR a Judge of the [Court of First Instance] REGIONAL 
TRIAL COURT, [Industrial Relations], [Juvenile and Domestic Relations] 
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, [or a 
city or municipal judge] MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, 
SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT, OR ANY 
OTHER COURT HEREAFTER ESTABLISHED who has rendered at least 
[twenty (20)] FIFTEEN (15) years service in the Judiciary or in any other 
branch of the Government, or in both (a) retires for having attained the age 
of seventy years or (b) resigns by reason of his incapacity to discharge the 
duties of his office AS CERTIFIED BY THE SUPREME COURT, he shall 
receive during the residue of his natural life, in the manner hereinafter 
provided, the salary PLUS THE HIGHEST MONTHLY AGGREGATE OF 
TRANSPORTATION, 
LIVING 
AND 
REPRESENTATION 
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ALLOWANCES which he was receiving at the time of his retirement, or 
resignation, AND NON-WAGE BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF 
EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TO ONE (1) LEGITIMATE CHILD OF 
ALL JUSTICES AND JUDGES TO FREE TUITION FEE IN A STATE 
UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH GRANT WILL 
COVER ONLY ONE (1) BACHELORS DEGREE. [And] When a justice 
of 
the 
Supreme Court or 
of 
the 
Court 
of 
Appeals, 
THE 
SANDIGANBAYAN OR OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, OR a 
Judge of the [Court of First Instance] REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, 
[Industrial 
Relations], 
[Juvenile 
and 
Domestic 
Relations] 
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, [or a 
city or municipal judge] MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, 
SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT, OR ANY 
OTHER COURT HEREAFTER ESTABLISHED, [or a city or municipal 
judge] has attained the age of sixty years (60) and has rendered at least 
FIFTEEN [twenty] years service in the Government, the last five (5) of 
which shall have been continuously rendered in the Judiciary, he shall 
likewise be entitled to retire and receive during the residue of his natural life 
also in the manner hereinafter provided, the salary PLUS THE HIGHEST 
MONTHLY AGGREGATE OF TRANSPORTATION, LIVING AND 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES WHICH he was then receiving 
AND THE NON-WAGE BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF EDUCATION 
SCHOLARSHIP TO ONE (1) LEGITIMATE CHILD OF ALL JUSTICES 
AND JUDGES TO FREE TUITION FEE IN A STATE UNIVERSITY OR 
COLLEGE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY JUSTICE OR JUDGE 
WITH LESS THAN FIFTEEN (15) YEARS SERVICE IN THE 
GOVERNMENT OR JUDICIARY, WHO SHALL RETIRE DUE TO 
REASONS HEREINABOVE PROVIDED, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A 
PRO-RATA MONTHLY PENSION COMPUTED AS FOLLOWS: 


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NO. OF YEARS IN THE 
GOVERNMENT OR JUDICIARY 
15 YEARS 
BASIC PAY PLUS THE HIGHEST 
MONTHLY AGGREGATE OF 
x TRANSPORATION, LIVING AND 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
It is a condition of the pension provided for herein that no retiring Justice or 
Judge of THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS during the time that he is 
receiving said pension shall appear as counsel before any court in any civil 
case wherein the Government or any subdivision or instrumentality thereof 
is the adverse party, or in any criminal case wherein an INCUMBENT OR 
FORMER officer or employee of the Government is accused of an offense 
committed in relation to his office, or collect any fee for his appearance in 
any administrative proceeding to maintain an interest to the Government, 
national, provincial or municipal, or to any of its legally constituted 
officers. It i s  also a condition of the pension provided for herein that when 
a member of the Judiciary entitled to the benefits of this Act shall assume 
an elective public office, [he] shall not, upon assumption of office and 
during his term, receive the monthly pension OR ANY OF THE 
ALLOWANCES due him. 
Sec. 2. Section 2 of the same Republic Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 2. In case a Justice of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals, THE 
SANDIGANBAYAN OR OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, OR a 
Judge of the [Court of First Instance] REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, 
[Industrial 
Relations], 
[Juvenile 
and 
Domestic 
Relations] 
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, [or a 
city or municipal judge] MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, 
SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT, OR ANY 
OTHER COURT HEREAFTER ESTABLISHED, dies while in actual 
service, his heirs shall receive a lump sum of five years’ gratuity computed 
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on the basis of the highest monthly salary plus the highest monthly 
aggregate of transportation, living and representation allowances received 
by him as such justice or judge [if by reason of his length of service in the 
government he was already entitled to the benefits of this Act] WITHOUT 
THE LENGTH OF SERVICE REQUIRED IN SECTION ONE HEREOF, 
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE THE DECEASED JUSTICE OR 
JUDGE HAS RENDERED AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS EITHER IN 
THE JUDICIARY OR IN ANY OTHER BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT 
OR BOTH, HIS HEIRS SHALL INSTEAD BE ENTITLED TO A LUMP 
SUM OF TEN YEARS GRATUITY COMPUTED ON THE SAME BASIS 
AS INDICATED IN THIS PROVISION. 
IF THE JUSTICE OR THE JUDGE WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF 
HIS WORK A S  SIJCH, THE LEGITIMATE SURVIVING SPOUSE, AS 
WELL AS TI-IE LEGITIMATE AND ADOPTED CHILDREN BELOW 
EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE SHALL RECEIVE IN EQUAL 
SHARES ALL RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF THE DECEASED JUDGE 
OR JUSTICE AS IF SUCH JUDGE OR JUSTICE HAS REACHED 
COMPULSORY RETIREMENT AGE, PROVIDED THE JUDGE OR 
JUSTICE HAS SERVED IN GOVERNMENT FOR AT LEAST FIVE (5) 
YEARS REGARDLESS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH. WHEN A 
JUDGE OR JUSTICE IS KILLED INTENTIONALLY WHILE IN 
SERVICE, THE PRESUMPTION IS THAT THE DEATH IS WORK 
RELATED. 
UPON REACHING THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE (21), 
PREVIOUSLY 
ENTITLED 
CHILDREN-BENEFICIARIES 
SHALL 
CEASE TO RECEIVE THEIR PART OF THE RETIREMENT BENEFIT, 
WHICH SHARE SHALL REDOUND TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSE. 
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THE SURVIVING SPOUSE SHALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUCH 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR THE REST OF HER NATURAL LIFE 
OR UNTIL REMARRIAGE.” [The same benefits provided for in this 
section shall be extended ‘to any incumbent justice of the Supreme Court or 
the Court of Appeals, or judge of the Court of First Instance, Circuit 
Criminal Court, Agrarian Relations, Tax Appeals, Juvenile and Domestic 
Relations, or city or municipal court, or any other court hereafter 
established; as the case may be, who, without having attained the length of 
service required in Section 1 hereof, shall have to retire upon reaching the 
age of sixty five years,, or upon other cause, such as illness or permanent 
physical disability, lo be certified by the tribunal to which the justice 
concerned belongs, or by the Supreme Court in the case o f  an incumbent 
judge of the Court of First Instance, and other similar courts or records, or a 
city or municipal judge, which render him incapacitated to continue in his 
position.] 
Sec. 3. Section 3 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 3. Upon Retirement, a Justice of the Supreme Court or of the 
Court of Appeals, THE SANDIGANBAYAN OR OF THE COURT OF 
TAX APPEALS, OR a Judge of the [Court of First Instance] REGIONAL 
TRIAL COURT, [Industrial Relations], [Juvenile and Domestic Relations] 
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, [or a 
city or municipal judge] MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, 
SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT, OR ANY 
OTHER COURT HEREAFTER ESTABLISHED shall be automatically 
entitled to a lump sum payment of five years SALARY [gratuity] computed 
on the basis of the highest monthly salary plus the highest monthly 
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aggregate of transportation, living and representation allowances he was 
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receiving on the date of his retirement[.] AND THEREAFTER UPON 
SURVIVAL AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF FIVE YEARS, TO 
FURTHER ANNUITY PAYABLE MONTHLY DURING THE RESIDUE 
OF HIS NATURAL LIFE PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 HEREOF: 
Provided, however, That if the reason for the retirement be any permanent 
disability contracted during his incumbency in office and prior to the date of 
his retirement, he shall receive [only] a gratuity equivalent to ten years 
salary and THE allowances aforementioned [within further annuity payable 
monthly during the rest of the retiree’s natural life.]: PROVIDED, 
FURTHER, THAT SHOULD THE RETIREMENT BE WITH THE 
ATTENDANCE OF ANY PARTIAL PERMANENT DISABILITY 
CONTRACTED DURING HIS INCUMBENCY AND PRIOR TO THE 
DATE OF RETIREMENT, HE SHALL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 
GRATUITY EQUIVALENT TO TWO (2) YEARS LUMP SUM THAT 
HE IS ENTITLED TO UNDER THIS ACT: PROVIDED, FURTHER, 
THAT IF THE JUSTICE SURVIVES AFTER TEN (10) YEARS OR 
SEVEN (7) YEARS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, HE SHALL CONTINUE 
TO RECEIVE A MONTHLY ANNUITY AS COMPUTED UNDER THIS 
ACT DURING THE RESIDUE OF HIS NATURAL LIFE PURSUANT 
TO SECTION 1 HEREOF: PROVIDED, FINALLY; THAT THOSE WHO 
HAVE RETIRED WITH THE ATTENDANCE OF ANY PARTIAL 
PERMANENT 
DISABILITY 
FIVE 
YEARS 
PRIOR 
TO 
THE 
EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME 
BENEFITS PROVIDED HEREIN. 
UPON THE DEATH OF A JUSTICE OR JUDGE OF ANY 
COURT IN THE JUDICIARY, IF SUCH JUSTICE OR JUDGE HAS 
RETIRED, OR WAS ELlGlBLE TO RETIRE OPTIONALLY AT THE 
TIME OF. DEATH, THE SURVIVING LEGITIMATE SPOUSE SHALL 
BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ALL THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS 
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THAT THE DECEASED JUSTICE OR JUDGE WOULD HAVE 
RECEIVED HAD THE JUSTICE OR JUDGE NOT DIED. THE 
SURVIVING SPOUSE SHALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUCH 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNTIL THE SURVIVING SPOUSE’S 
DEATH OR REMARRIAGE. 
“Sec. 3-A. ALL PENSION BENEFITS OF RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE 
JUDICIARY SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED WHENEVER THERE IS 
AN TNCREASE IN THE SALARY OF THE SAME POSITION FROM WHICH HE 
RETIRED. 
“Sec. 3-R. THE BENEFITS UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE GRANTED TO ALL 
THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT. 
SEC. 4. During the fiscal year two thousand and seven, this Act shall be funded 
from savings of the Judiciary. Thereafter, the necessary ‘sum for this purpose shall be 
included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 5. All laws, decrees, orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the completion of its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in any two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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