Republic of the Philippines

Bouse of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTHEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4155
H. B. No.

Introduced by Representative TEODORICO “NONONG” T. HARESCO, JR.

AN ACT
MANDATING ALL MALE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND SIMILAR LEARNING INSTITUTIONS TO
COMPLETE THE RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS COMPONENT OF
THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINNG PROGRAM AS REQUISITE FOR
GRADUATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM
ACT OF 2001,” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 4, Article II of the Philippine Constitution states that:

“The Government may call upon the people to defend the State and, in the
fulfillment thereof, all citizens may be required, under conditions provided by
law, to render personal, military or civil service.”

The relevance of this provision now becomes more pronounced in the light of
recent national security developments, especially events in the West Philippine Sea.
Questions regarding the capability of our armed forces to defend Philippine
sovereignty against incursions by foreign powers are being raised. Doubts on our
defense capabilities seem validated by figures from the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, showing how we sorely lack the required number of military reserve
officers and enlisted personnel who can be mobilized in the event of an invasion or
armed hostilities.

Alongside the security concerns is the need for emergency personnel for
disaster rescue and relief which traditionally has been filled up by ROTC cadets and
reservists. Climate change has increased the number of typhoons that frequent the
Philippines which cause floods, landslides, sea mishaps and other typhoon-related
calamities. There are also the imminent threats of catastrophic earthquakes, which


could impact major metropolitan areas, and long-overdue volcanic eruptions that
could equal if not surpass that of Mt. Pinatubo. In the face of these multiple and
varied dangers, there is a need to strengthen the ROTC program to produce citizens
who are organized, trained and could easily be mobilized at a moment's notice with
clear lines of command to ensure that humanitarian response to disasters are timely
and adequate.

Furthermore, our country is facing, challenging times and it is crucial that we
strengthen our youth's vital role in nation building. The Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (ROTC) program is a tested platform to instill love of country and good
citizenship in our youth. It could serve as an effective tool in the campaign against
criminality and illegal drugs which are now national concerns. This bill seeks to
mandate all male students in public and private universities, colleges and similar
learning institutions to complete the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC)
component of the National Service Training Program as requisite for graduation,
amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 9163.

Relative thereto, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

Vai :

TEODORICO “NONON! . HARESCO, JR.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session

4155
H. B. No.

Introduced by Representative TEODORICO “Ni

|G” T. HARESCO, JR.

AN ACT

MANDATING ALL MALE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND SIMILAR LEARNING INSTITUTIONS TO
COMPLETE THE RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS COMPONENT OF THE

NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINNG PROGRAM AS REQUISITE FOR

GRADUATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM
ACT OF 2001,” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

Article I
Title

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Citizen Service Readiness
and Mobilization Act of 2019.”

Article IT
Declaration of Policy

SEC. 2. Statement of Policy. - It shall be the policy of the State:

To institutionalize the vital role of the youth in nation-building, promote and protect
their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being; to inculcate in them
patriotism and nationalism; and to encourage their involvement in public and civic
affairs;

To constitute the youth into a major component of the citizen reserve envisioned in the
1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, which shall undergo training and
may be called upon to defend the State and to render personal military or civil service
under conditions provided by law; and

To train, equip and organize the youth into a paramilitary force, within the current
frameworks of national and territorial defense, law enforcement and peace and order
and national disaster risk reduction and management, to prepare them for rapid
mobilization at the soonest possible time in order to address national and/or local


contingencies which may require manpower beyond the capabilities of existing national
government agencies or local government units.

Article II
Institution of Citizen Service Readiness
and Mobilization Training Course

SEC. 3. Basic Citizen Service Readiness and Mobilization Training Course. - There is
hereby instituted a Basic Citizen Service Readiness and Mobilization Training Course
(Basic CSRMTC) which shall form part of the curricula of all baccalaureate degree
courses and all technical vocational courses which may be completed in at least two (2)
years. The Basic CSRMTC shall be for a minimum of four (4) semesters. Except for
justifiable causes, the Basic CSRMTC must be completed, as far as practicable, within
the first two (2) years of all baccalaureate degree courses and technical vocational
courses. The Basic CSRMTC is hereby declared as a requisite for graduation in the said
courses. Graduates of the CSRMTC shall be referred to as CSMC Cadres.

SEC. 4. Coverage. - All tertiary-level students, male and female, enrolled in
baccalaureate degree courses or technical vocational courses which may be completed
in at least two (2) years in all public and private colleges, universities and similar
learning institutions shall be required to undergo the Basic CSRMTC.

SEC. 5. Special CSRMTC for Students under Specific Circumstances. ~ There shall be no
exemptions from the Basic CSRMTC. However, the Citizen Service Readiness and
Mobilization Commission, through the CSRM Training Board shall prescribe Special
CSRMTC to address the peculiar needs and circumstances of students under the
following circumstances:

a. Those who are classified and officially registered as persons with disabilities;

b. Those whose religious beliefs prohibit the use of firearms in rendering service to
the country; and

c. Those who have been convicted by final judgment of crimes involving moral
turpitude;

Provided, That, foreign citizens enrolled in baccalaureate degree courses or technical
vocational courses where CSRMTC is required shall also undergo a Special CSRMTC
prescribed by the CSRM Commission, through the CSRM Training Board, that would
deepen their understanding and appreciation of the Philippines, its people, society,
culture and government, and harness their potential as bridges to improve their
respective countries’ ties with the Philippines.

SEC. 6. Advance CSRMTC. - There is also hereby instituted an Advance CSRMTC
which may be pursued by all graduates of the Basic CSRMTC and who have
successfully finished a one-semester qualifying course within the first two (2) years of
their baccalaureate degree courses or technical vocational courses, except those who
have been convicted by final judgment of crimes involving moral turpitude. The
Advance CSRMTC shall include leadership and management training, which will equip
the graduates to themselves administer the Basic CSRMTC.


It shall be mandatory for all public and private colleges, universities and similar
learning institutions to offer the Advance CSRMTC, which shall have a duration of at
least eight (8) semesters. However, enrollment thereunder shall be voluntary. Graduates
of the Advance CSRMTC shall be posted to leadership roles in the Citizen Service
Mobilization Corps.

Article IV
Establishment of the Citizen Service Mobilization Corps

SEC. 7. Citizen Service Mobilization Corps. - There is hereby established a Citizen
Service Mobilization Corps (CSMC) which shall be composed of all the graduates of the
Basic CSRMTC and may be called upon and mobilized to assist the national
government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and the local government units in their
functions related to external and territorial defense, internal security and peace and
order, and disaster risk reduction and management.

Article V
Creation of the Citizen Service Readiness
and Mobilization Commission

SEC. 8. Citizen Service Readiness and Mobilization Commission. - There is hereby
created a Citizen Service Readiness and Mobilization Commission (CSRMC), which
shall oversee the CSRMTC and the CSMC, and implement the objectives and purposes
of this Act. The CSRMC shall be organized within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of
this Act. It shall be an attached agency of the Office of the President.

The CSRMC shall ensure the full implementation of this Act within one (1) year from its
creation.

SEC. 9. Composition of the CSRMC. - The CSRMC shall be composed of a Chairperson,
four (4) Commissioners, namely, the Commissioner for External and Territorial
Defense, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Peace and Order, the
Commissioner for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, and the Commissioner for
Educational Institutions. The Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND),
the Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the
Chairperson of the Commission of Higher Education (CHED), and the Director General
of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), or their duly-
authorized representatives with a rank of at least Assistant Secretary for the DND and
the DILG, Commissioner for the CHED, or Board Member for the TESDA, shall be ex-
officio members of the CSRMC.

The Chairperson and the Commissioners shall be citizens and residents of the
Philippines, at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of good moral character, of recognized
probity and independence, and, through their training, experience, and education, must
have distinguished themselves as best-suited to discharge the duties of their offices.
They must not have been candidates for any elective national or local office in the
immediately preceding elections, whether regular or special. The Chairperson and the
Commissioners who shall have the rank equivalent of cabinet secretary and
undersecretary, respectively, shall be appointed by the President.


SEC. 10. Term of Office. - The term of office of the Chairperson and the Commissioners
shall be four (4) years, subject to reappointment: Provided, That, no Chairperson or
Commissioner shall serve for more than two (2) consecutive terms.

Of those first appointed, the Chairperson and the two (2) Commissioners first to be
appointed shall hold office for four (4) years, while the two (2) Commissioners last to be
appointed shall hold office for two (2) years. Appointment to any vacancy shall only be
for the unexpired term of the predecessor.

SEC. 11. Powers of the CSRMC. - The CSRMC shall have the following powers:

a. Design, prescribe and/or approve the programs of instruction for the CSRMTC,
including specialized courses for students under specific circumstances;

b. Ensure the proper implementation of the CSRM Program;

c. Exercise supervision and control over all agencies, offices and persons, directly
implementing the CSRM Training Course;

d. Recommend to the President of the Philippines the general, nationwide or large-
scale mobilization of the CSMC;

e. Approve, as required under this Act, the deployment of a limited number of
CSMC Cadres to national government agencies and local government units to
assist in regional, provincial, city, municipal or barangay level disasters,
emergencies and other contingencies;

f. Approve the regular deployment of a limited number of CSMC Cadres to the
AFP, PNP and OCD to serve as reservists and active duty Cadres to meet the
peace time stand by reserve requirements of said agencies;

g. Investigate or secure the services or assistance of the appropriate agencies to
investigate cases of abuse, corruption, graft and other similar activities in the
conduct of the CSRMTC, mobilization of the CSMC and implementation of this
Act;

h. Issue CSMC serial numbers to all CSMC Cadres;
i. Maintain a registry of all CSRMTC Trainees and Cadres;

j. Issue the appropriate rules and regulations to fully implement the provisions of
this Act;

k. Appoint, fix the compensation, and determine the status, qualifications, and
duties of CSRMC staff. The members of the technical staff, except those
performing purely clerical functions, shall possess at least a baccalaureate
degree;

1. Generate and utilize resources to fully implement the provisions of this Act; and

m. Exercise such other powers as are necessary or essential to fully implement the
provisions of this Act.


SEC. 12. Organization of the CSRMC. - The CSRMC shall have a Citizen Service
Readiness and Mobilization Training Board (CSRMTB) and a Citizen Service
Mobilization Board (CSMB).

SEC. 13. Citizen Service Readiness and Mobilization Training Board. - The Citizen
Service Readiness and Mobilization Training Board (CSRMTB) shall be composed of the
Chairperson as head, the four (4) Commissioners, the Chairperson of the CHED and the
Director General of the TESDA, or their duly-authorized representatives, which shall be
a Commissioner for the CHED and a Board Member for the TESDA.

The CSRMTB shall come up with the initial CSRMTC Programs of Instruction
(CSRMTC PO)) within sixty (60) days from the organization of the Commission. For this
purpose, the CSRMTB is hereby directed to tap the technical expertise of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Office of
Civil Defense (OCD), the expertise and experience of stakeholders in both public and
private sector, and the curriculum development expertise of public and private colleges,
universities and similar learning institutions. The CSRMTC POI shall be subject to the
approval of the CSRMC. The CSRMTB shall also supervise the continuous development
of the CSRMTC POI.

Thereafter, the CSRMC, through the CSRMTB, shall ensure the incorporation of the
Basic and Advance CSRMTC in the curricula of all baccalaureate degree courses and all
technical vocational courses which may be completed in at least two (2) years offered by
public and private colleges, universities and similar learning institutions. The CSRMTB
shall adopt guidelines for the organization of a Department of Citizen Service Readiness
and Mobilization Training (DCSRMT) in every public and private colleges, universities
and similar learning institutions.

SEC. 14. Citizen Service Mobilization Board, - The Citizen Service Mobilization Board
(CSMB) shall be composed of the Chairperson as head, the four (4) Commissioners, the
Secretary of the DND and the Secretary of the DILG, or their duly-authorized
representatives, with a rank of at least Assistant Secretary, and the Chief of Staff of the
AFP and the Director General of the PNP, or their duly-authorized representatives with
a rank of at least Brigadier General, Commodore or Chief Superintendent, as the case
may be and the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development or an authorized DSWD
representative with the rank of at least Undersecretary.

The CSMB shall administer the process of deployment of the CSMF in accordance with
the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 15. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). - The CSRMC shall be tasked to

formulate and approve the necessary rules and regulations to implement the objectives
and purposes of this Act within sixty (60) days from its organization.

Article VI
Development of the CCRMTC

SEC. 16. Components of the CSRMTC. - The CSRMTC shall have the following basic
components:

a. External and Territorial Defense Training;


b. Internal Security and Peace and Order Training; and
c. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training.

In addition to the foregoing basic components, the CSRMTC shall instill upon the youth
the ideals of patriotism, nationalism and respect for human rights. These components
shall be incorporated into four (4) modules which shall be administered in a span of at
least four (4) semesters and for at least sixty-four (64) hours every semester.

The trainees shall be organized by squads, platoons, companies, battalions, brigades
and divisions similar to military units. Military-type of discipline, organization and
trainee movement shall be observed in the conduct of the CSRMTC.

SEC. 17. Department of Citizen Service Readiness and Mobilization Training. - All
public and private colleges, universities, and similar learning institutions shall establish,
in accordance with the guidelines prescribed by the CSRMTB, an autonomous
department within each campus of their respective institutions and appoint a
department head within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of the rules and regulations
implementing this Act. This department shall be known as the Department of Citizen
Service Readiness and Mobilization Training (DCSRMT), which shall be directly under
the office of the head of the learning institution.

The DCSRMT, which shall be civilian in character, shall administer the CSRMTC.

The department head of the DCSRMT shall be chosen by the head of the learning
institution from among candidates who by reason of their training, experience and/or
education in the fields of external and territorial defense, internal security and peace
and order and/or disaster risk reduction management is best qualified to be the Head
of the DCSRMT.

Should a learning institution fail to organize a DCSRMT and/or appoint a DCSRMT
department head within the period stated above, the CSRMTB shall cause the
establishment of a DCSRMT and/or appoint a DCSRMT head.

SEC. 18. The CSRMTC POI Office. - The University of the Philippines (U.P.), as the
National University, through its various DCSRMTs in each of its campuses, shall serve
as the center for the continuing development and improvement of the CSRMTC POI.
The CSRMTC POI Office shall be located at the U.P. Diliman DCSRMT.

SEC. 19. Development of the CSRMTC POI. - The CSRMTC PO! Office shall propose
developments to the CSRMTC POI, which may undergo pilot testing in each of the U.P.
campuses. The pilot tested CSRMTC POI shall be submitted for the assessment,
consideration and approval of the CSRMC within thirty (30) days from the last of day of
the pilot testing semester.

The CSRMC and the CSRMTC POI Office shall ensure the participation of third-party
stakeholders and experts in the fields of external and territorial defense, internal
security and peace and order, and disaster risk reduction and management in the
continued development and improvement of the CSRMTC POI.


Article VII
Deployment of the Citizen Service Mobilization Corps

SEC. 20. Requests for Deployment. - The CSMC may be called upon and mobilized to
assist the national government, its agencies and instrumentalities and the local
government units in their functions related to external and territorial defense, internal
security and peace and order, and disaster risk reduction and management, through
requests for deployment by the heads of such national government agencies or local
government units submitted to the Citizens Service Mobilization Board (CSMB). The
requests shall contain a justification for the deployment of the CSRMC and shall contain
information as may be required by the Commission, including the nature of the national
or local contingencies to be addressed, the purpose of the requested deployment, the
number of personnel requested to be deployed and the period of deployment.

SEC. 21. Evaluation of the Requests for Deployment. - The CSMB shall evaluate the
requests for deployment. When the number of personnel requested does not exceed one
hundred and fifty (150) and the period of deployment does not exceed sixty (60) days,
the CSMB shall decide whether to approve or disapprove the request within twenty-
four (24) hours from receipt thereof. When the number of personnel requested exceeds
one hundred and fifty (150) or the period of deployment exceeds sixty (60) days, the
CSMB shall make a recommendation to the CSRMC within twenty-four (24) hours from
receipt of the request. The CSRMC shall decide whether to approve or disapprove the
request within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of the recommendation of the CSMB.

SEC. 22. Deployment in case of a Declaration of a State of War, State of Lawless
Violence or State of Calamity; Nationwide Mobilization. - In case of a declaration of a
state of war, state of lawless violence or state of calamity, the Commission may motu
proprio recommend the mobilization of the CSMC to the President of the Philippines.
The President of the Philippines, by himself, shall also have the power to order the
mobilization of the CSMC to respond to national and localized contingencies related to
external and territorial defense, internal security and peace and order and/or disaster
risk reduction management.

SEC. 23. Mobilization Centers. - There shall be established in each province and city as
many mobilization centers as needed according to the number and distribution of the
CSMC Cadres, where they will report in case of deployment. The local government
units shall provide an office, which shall be known as the Citizen Service Mobilization
Office, which shall handle the administrative aspects of mobilization.

In case of mobilization, the equipment of the CSMF shall be supplied in close
coordination with the AFP, PNP and the OCD, with the end in view of achieving rapid
mobilization.

SEC. 24. Lines of Command, - Upon deployment, operational control over the CSMC
shall be vested upon the head of the requesting national government agency or local
government unit: Provided, That, in case of deployment for purposes of external and
territorial defense, when the CSMC is mobilized to expand the AFP in the event of war,
invasion, rebellion or similar circumstances, operational control shall be vested upon
the AFP.

SEC. 25. Expenses of Deployment. - The role of the Commission shall be to provide and
marshal the required personnel to address national or local contingencies involving
external and territorial defense, internal security and peace and order, and national


disaster risk reduction and management. Upon deployment, the national government
agency or the local government unit to which the CSMC Cadres are deployed shall
shoulder the operational expenses of deployment.

SEC. 26. Operationalization of Deployment. ~ The CSMB shall promulgate the specific
mechanisms by which deployment is efficiently implemented, including the
organization of the CSMC to be deployed, their territorial assignments, how
deployment orders are communicated to each member of the CSMC and to which
mobilization center they will report to.

SEC. 27. CSMC Serial Numbers and Registry. - Upon completion of the Basic CSRMTC,
the graduates or Cadres shall be issued individual serial numbers, which will serve as
their identification in case of deployment.

The CSRMC shall maintain and update a registry containing information on the
members of the CSMC, assigning to them identification numbers and categorizing them
according to their competencies and capabilities. For this purpose, all public and private
colleges, universities and learning institutions shall annually transmit their records of
the graduates of the CSRMTC to the CSRMG, in the form as may be determined by the
CSRMC.

SEC. 28. Termination of Deployment. - Upon the expiration of the requested period of
deployment, without an extension having been requested and approved by the CSRMC,
the deployed CSMC Cadres shall be discharged of their duties. The deployment may
also be terminated earlier upon a determination by the CSRMC, in consultation with the
requesting national government agency or local government unit, that such deployment
is no longer in accordance with the objectives and purposes of this Act.

Article VII
Funding of the Citizen Service Mobilization Corps

SEC. 29. Appropriations. - All funds previously appropriated for the development of
the reserve component of the AFP and which will subsequently and hereafter be
appropriated for such purpose shall be used exclusively for the implementation of the
objectives and purposes of this Act. All funds allocated for the implementation of the
NSTP Program under Republic Act No. 9163 shall also be used exclusively for the
implementation of the objectives and purposes of this Act.

An initial funding of Fifty Million Pesos (Php50,000,000.00) shall be allocated from the
Presidential Social Fund to sustain the operation of the Commission and the
implementation of this Act for the first year of its effectivity. Thereafter, a Citizen
Service Mobilization Fund (Fund) shall be established under the Office of the President.
The Office of the President shall ensure that such Fund is included in the Annual
National Expenditure Program submitted to the Congress. The Congress shall include
the CSMF in the General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 30. School Fees. - Public and private colleges, universities and similar learning
institutions shall not collect any fee for the CSRMTC, except basic tuition fees, which
shall not be more than fifty percent (50%) of what is charged per academic unit. All
such fees collected by the learning institution shall be used exclusively for the direct
training costs of those undergoing the CSRMTC in the said learning institution.


SEC. 31. Scholarships. - There is hereby created a Special Scholarship Program for
qualified students taking the CSRMTC, as well as the CSRMTC Officers Training
Course. The Special Scholarship Program shall be administered by the CSRMTB.
Appropriations for this purpose shall be included CSM Fund.

SEC. 32. Incentives for Students Pursuing Advance CSRMTC. - Students pursuing the
Advance CSRMTC shall be entitled to tuition fee discounts according to the following
schedule:

a. During the first year of their training under the Advance CSRMTC, they shall be
entitled to fifty percent (50%) discount on their tuition fees; and

b. During the second year of their training under the Advance CSRMTC, they shall
be entitled to one hundred percent (100%) discount on their tuition fees.

For this purpose, public colleges, universities and similar learning institutions shall
issue tuition waivers in favor of the said students. For private colleges, universities and
similar learning institutions, the tuition fee discounts shall be covered by a subsidy
allocated from the CSMF.

Such students shall likewise be entitled to a uniform allowance, which shall be assessed.
and given in kind by the CSRMC.

Furthermore, upon completion of the Advance CSRMTC, the graduates shall be entitled
to a reserve commission as second lieutenant or its equivalent in the Armed Forces of
the Philippines.

Article IX
Penal Provisions

SEC. 33. Failure to Respond. -

a. Failure of any CSMC to respond to the order of deployment for external and
territorial defense shall be punishable in accordance with the Articles of War,
and shall, upon conviction by a court martial, be punishable by imprisonment of
not less than six (6) months but not more than two (2) years;

b. Failure of any CSMC Cadre to respond to the call to the order of deployment for
internal security and peace and order or disaster risk reduction and management
shall, upon conviction by a civil court, be punished as follows:

First Offense: One hundred and twenty (120) hours of
community service;

Second Offense: Two hundred and forty (240) hours of
community service; and

Third and Subsequent Offenses: Six (6) months imprisonment and four
hundred and eighty (480) hours of
community service.


SEC. 34. Corruption, Graft, Hazing and Other Abuses. - For acts already penalized
under existing laws such as corruption, graft, hazing and other abuses committed by
persons authorized to administer the CSRMTC and deployment of the CSMC, the
maximum penalty imposable under existing laws shall be imposed. For purposes of this
Act and prosecuting illegal acts committed by persons administering the CSRMTC and
the deployment of the CSMC, all persons charged with or authorized with
administering the CSRMTC and the deployment of the CSMC shalll be deemed as public
officers.

Article X
Transitory Provisions

SEC. 35. Transitory Provision. - To ensure efficient transition and to enable all public
and private colleges, universities and similar learning institutions to adopt the
necessary structural changes within their units to in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, the CSRMTC shall be administered in all public colleges, universities and
similar learning institutions starting on the School Year 2017-2018 and in all private
colleges, universities and similar learning institutions starting on the School Year 2018-
2019. However, there shall be no impediment for private colleges, universities and
similar learning institution to administer the CSRMTC starting on School Year 2017-
2018.

In all cases, students who are currently enrolled under the curriculum implemented by
virtue of Republic Act No. 9163, otherwise known as the National Service Training
Program Act of 2001, shall be allowed to finish the curriculum and be deemed to have
satisfied the requirement for graduation after completion thereof.

Article XI
Final Provisions

SEC. 36. Repealing Clause. - Republic Act No. 9163, otherwise known as the “National
Service Training Program Act of 2001,” is hereby repealed. The relevant provisions of
Republic Act No. 7707, otherwise known as the “Citizen Armed Forces of the
Philippines Reservist Act,” are hereby amended as appropriate. Alll other laws, orders,
tules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act are likewise
hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 37. Separability Clause. - If any section or provision of this Act shall be declared
unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not be affected and shall

remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 38. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in two (2) newspapers of national circulation.

Approved,

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