SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUHLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
lurst Ifei'iilar Session
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SENATE
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(In Siibstitiilion of Semite Bill Nos. 260 and 1264)
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Prepared Jointly by the Committees on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and 
Professional Regulation; Ways and Means and Finance with Senators Panfilo M Lacson 
------- g°niiy Angara, Antonio “Sonnyv F, Trillancs IV and Loren B. Legarda as authors
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GRAN I LI) 10 b e n e f ic ia r ie s OF UNIFORMED AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
0F THE ',HIUI>|,1NI- n a t io n a l POLICE (P.N'P), ARMED FORCES
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iItLII>I>INKS (AFI>)’ BURFAl1 ° F  f ir e PROTECTION (BFP), BUREAU 
OP JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (B.IMP), PHILIPPINE C O \S T  
GUARD (PCG), NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) BUREAU OF 
CORRECTIONS (BUCOR), AND PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCFMENT A^VnCY 
;I)I;a) KILLED OR PERMANEN TLY LNCAPACITA PEI) \v /n n ^  
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PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY' OR BY REASON OF T lll'lR  OEITCF OR 
POSII ION, a p p r o p r ia t in g  
fu n d s I MI RI'I OR, REPEALING FOR THE
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He il enacted by the Senate and the Home of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. Tide. -  This act shall be known as the "Uniformed and Law
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Enjorcernem Personnel Special Financial Assistance Act. "
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SEC. 2. Scope. -  The family or beneficiary of any Uniformed and Law Enforcemem
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Personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Anned Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
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Dnrcat, of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of ,Iail Management and Penology (BJMP)’
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Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine Drug 
Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) assigned to or involved in 
a duly authorized operation, who is killed or becomes pernranemly incapacitated while in the 
performance of his duty or by reason of his office or position, provided he has not been 
convicted by final judgment of any crime or human rights violations on such occasion, shall 
be entitled to the special financial assistance provided for in this Act in addition to whatever
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compensation, donation, insurance, gift, pension, grant, or any form of benefit which said
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deceased or permanently incapacitated person or his family may receive or be entitled to.
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For piiiposes of this act. Uniformed and Law Enforcement Personnel shall be 
construed as personnel of the PNP, AFP, BFP, BJMP, PCG, NBI, PDEA and BuCor who are 
diiectly, icgardlcss of which capacity, assigned to or involved in operations with real and 
immediate threat to life or in routine duty with unexpected or imminent danger.
SEC. 3. Beneficiaries. -  The term “family” as used in this Act shall refer to the 
surviving legal spouse and the Uniformed or Law Enforcement Personnel’s legitimate and 
illegitimate children, or his or her parents, or brothers and sisters, or aunts and uncles, in that 
respective order; Provided: That, if the uniformed personnel is a Muslim, the pertinent 
provisions of the Code of Muslim Personal Laws (Shari a) shall apply.
SEC. 4. Special Financial Assistance. -  The speeial financial assistance referred to 
m Section 1 hereof shall be that which is equivalent to the average six (6) months salary, 
including allowances and bonuses, during the last twelve (12) months preceding the death of 
the personnel whieh 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. 5. Provision of Special Financial Assistance. -  It shall be the duty of the 
cashier or concerned service chief from whom the deceased or permanently incapacitated 
uniformed and law enforcement personnel used to receive his/licr salary, within three (3) 
days from receipt of a written certification from the concerned agency or bureau head, station 
or unit commander of the fact of death or permanent disability or incapacity and the 
circumstances thereof, to deliver to the benellciaries such special financial assistance as 
stated in Section 3 hereof In case of permanent disability or incapacity, a certification by the 
proper medical officer designated by the Chief PNP, or the Chief of Staff AFP, or the Chief 
of the BFP, or the Chief BJMP, or the Commandant PCG, or the Director of the NBI, or the 
Director General of the PDEA, or the Chief BFP, or the Director General of BuCor as the 
case may be, is necessary for the payment of the aforesaid financial assistance. After said 
payment, a report with the formal certificate of death or permanent incapacity shall be 
submitted to the Secretary of National Defense, or the Secretary of Interior and Local
Government, or the Secretary of Transportation, or the Secretary of Justice, or the PDEA 
Director General, as the case may be.
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SLC. 6. Filling of Positions. — In order to assure the payment of the speeial 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 bonus of the deceased or 
permanently incapacitated uniformed and law enforcement personnel for the next six (6) 
months after his/lier death or incapacity: Provided, That the position left vacant by the 
deceased or permanently incapacitated uniformed and law enforcement personnel on account 
of death or incapacity shall not be filled during that period of six (6) months; Provided, 
fuithei, 1 hat if the public welfare and interest so demand, as determined by the municipal or 
city mayor or provincial governor, in case of a police personnel or BFP personnel, or by the 
Secretary of National Defense, in case of a military personnel, or by the Secretary of Interior 
and Local Government, in case of a BJMP personnel, or by the Secretary of Transportation, 
in case of a PCG personnel, or by the Secretary of Justice, in case of a NBI or BuCor 
personnel, or by the Director General of PDEA, in case of a PDEA personnel, the position 
left vacant by the deceased personnel, or permanently incapacitated personnel may be lillcd 
without waiting tor 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 replenished out of the 
emergency savings of the municipality, city or province, or the department, upon the 
direction in writing by the municipal or city mayor or governor of the province, or 
department secretary, to their respective treasurers or cashiers: Provided, finally, That, in the 
event of such emergency, and no emergency savings as provided herein exist, the regional 
chief or the provincial chief, 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, 7. Hospitalization Expenses. -  If any uniformed personnel is injured or 
wounded or m any manner suffers any injury in the performance of his official duties, the 
hospitalization expenses, including necessary medicines and medical equipment, of such 
uniformed personnel shall be shouldered by the office where hc/she belongs, chargeable
against the salary savings of such office without the need of any appropriation act or 
ordinance.
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SEC. 8. Priority in Civil Service. -  The surviving spouse or designated beneficiary of 
the deceased or permanently incapacitated uniformed pcrsoiuicl shall be given priority in
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employment in a govermnent agency or onicc as long as the beneficiary satisfies the 
qualification requirements of the vacant position. 1 he agency shall, ensure compliance with 
R.A. 7041 Provided, That, if the spouse is already employed or not employable or if hc/she 
waives such employment privilege, then an employable dependent shall be granted the said 
privilege.
Si:C- 9. Creation of Dependents Welfare Office. -  There shall be a Dependents 
Welfare Offiee ereated in each agency covered by this Act. To prevent redundancy and to 
expedite the delivery of benefits, the establishment of such office may be done by appointing
an existing bureau or division to concurrently perform functions to implement the provisions 
of this Act.
SEC. 10. Penalties. -  The delay, refusal, or prevention in any manner of the 
implementation of the provisions of this Act, without justifiable reason, by any government 
official or employee, after due process, shall be considered as tantamount to gross neglect of 
duty that shall be sufficient grounds for the dismissal from civil service, in addition to any 
other criminal and administrative penalties imposable under existing laws.
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SEC. 11. Non-dintinntion of Benefits. -  The Special Financial Assistance and other
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benefits provided under this Act shall be without prejudice to other similar benefits that may
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be icceived by uniformed personnel.
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SEC. 12. Separaliility Cliwse. -  In lire ovcnl Him any provision, clause, or part of this
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Act is declared unconstitutional, the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected by
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such declaration.
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SLC' I3‘ Rel,ctlllllU Clause. -  1'hc relevant provisions of Republic Act 6963 are
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hereby repealed, including all laws, decrcc.s, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof
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inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified.
SEC. 14. Effcthity. -  This Act shall take cllcct filteen (15) days after its publication
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in the Official Gazette or two (2) national papers of general circulation in the country,
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whichever comes first
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Approved,
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