EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHIUPPINES 
Second Regular Session
SENATE
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A UNIFIED SYSTEM FOR SEPARATION, RETIREMENT, AND 
PENSION OF THE MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL (MUP) 
SERVICES OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING THE 
MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL RETIREMENT FUND, PROVIDING 
FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In the past years, the Department of the National Defense (DND) has been one 
of the government agencies with the biggest budget allocations. However, a bulk of 
the proposed defense spending has been allocated for personnel payroll and pension 
of retirees.1 Thus, during President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's penultimate State of the 
Nation Address last 27 July 2020, he stressed the need to adjust the pension system 
applicable to newly-hired uniformed personnel. Such adjustment takes into 
consideration the "ballooning effect" that might greatly affect the budget of the 
military and uniformed personnel in the years to come.2
No less than the Constitution acknowledges the critical role of the military and 
uniformed personnel in maintaining national security and peace and order in our 
country. The government has continuously ensured that those who have risked their 
lives in the service of the people are and will be adequately remunerated through
1 https://newslnfo.lnquirer.net/1313261/ph-military-backs-duterte-call-for-revised-pension-system-for- 
uniformed-personnel
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https://mb.com.ph/2020/07/28/afp-lauds-dutertes-caii-for-passage-of-miiitary-pension-reform- 
measure/


pension and retirement benefits. Meanwhiie, there is likewise a need to ensure a more 
prudent and sustainable pension system. Such mechanism would be equally beneficial 
to the modernization of our country's national defense in order to continuously 
enhance its capability of protecting the State and the Filipino people.
This proposed measure seeks to provide a unified system for the separation, 
retirement and pension system of the military and the unified personnel namely: the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), the 
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Bureau of Jail 
Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). The new 
unified system will ensure a sustainable and permanent solution to the "ballooning 
effect" budget of the current pension system without diminishing the benefits that the 
retirees and current active members of military and uniformed services are entitled to 
under existing laws.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of the bill is urgently sought.
RONALD "
DELA ROSA


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session
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SENATE
Senate Bill No. 1864
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA
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AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A UNIFIED SYSTEM FOR SEPARATION, RETIREMENT, AND 
PENSION OF THE MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL (MUP) 
SERVICES OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING THE 
MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL RETIREMENT FUND, PROVIDING 
FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Military and Uniformed 
Personnel Services Separation, Retirement, and Pension Act."
Title I
Declaration of Policy
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - The State duly recognizes the vital role of military 
and uniformed personnel in providing internal and external security, promoting peace 
and order, ensuring public safety, and further strengthening local government 
capability, aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry.
The State also recognizes the extraordinary hazards, risks, perils, and dangers 
that military and uniformed personnel encounter in the performance of their duties.
It shall therefore be the prime concern of the State to provide all military and 
uniformed personnel adequate remuneration and benefits, including retirement


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benefits and pension. The State shall ensure that the retirement benefits and pension 
scheme of the military and uniformed personnel is secure, equitable, and sustainable.
Title II
Definition of Terms
Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act:
a. "Active Members" refer to military and uniformed personnel from the Military 
and Uniformed Services in the Active Service prior to the effectivity of this Act;
b. "Active Service" refers to Active Service rendered by a Military or Uniformed 
Services Personnel as a commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, 
enlisted personnel, cadet, probationary officer, trainee or draftee in the Military 
or Uniformed Services; Provided, That service rendered as a cadet, 
probationary officer, trainee or draftee in the Military or Uniformed Services 
shall be credited for retirement purposes with a maximum of four (4) years, 
subject to applicable rules and regulations;
c. "Combat Casualty" refers to death or total permanent physical disability 
incurred, while in Active Service, during legitimate actual combat or armed 
encounter, attack or operation;
d. "Death or Permanent Physical Disability in Line of Duty" refers to death, illness 
or injury incurred while in the Active Service and not attended by misconduct, 
willful failure, the use of drugs or alcoholic liquor or vicious or immoral habits;
e. "Military Services" refer to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP);
f. "Uniformed Personnel Services" refer to Philippine National Police (PNP), 
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail 
Management and Penology (BJMP) and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor);


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g. "New Entrants" refer to military and uniformed personnel from the Military and
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Uniformed Services who entered or re-entered the Military and Uniformed
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Services after the effectivity of this Act;
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h. "Survivors" refer to the following:
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1. Surviving spouse of a deceased Military or Uniformed Services Personnel
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not separated by judicial decree from the deceased: Provided, That their
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marriage was contracted during the Active Service of the deceased:
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Provided, further. That entitlement of said spouse to benefits under this Act
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shall terminate upon re-marriage or co-habitation with another, or the
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commission against the biological or adopted children of the deceased of
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any of the acts of violence or abuse as defined under Republic Act No. 9262,
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otherwise known as "Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act
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of 2004" and other related penal laws, and other acts inimical to the welfare
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of the child of the deceased as determined by a Board created for the
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purpose: Provided, finaiiy. That the conviction of the surviving spouse of
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any crime which carries a penalty of imprisonment of more than six (6)
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years and one (1) day, the conception of a child after the death of the
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deceased, or loss of Philippine Citizenship or acquisition of dual citizenship,
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shall terminate the entitlement of such surviving spouse to benefits under
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2. Surviving legitimate, adopted and illegitimate children of a deceased Military
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or Uniformed Services Personnel conceived, adopted or acknowledged prior
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to separation or retirement of the deceased from active service; Provided,
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That entitlement of said children to benefits under this Act shall terminate
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when such children attain twenty-one (21) years of age or upon marriage,
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whichever is earlier; Provided, further. That children who suffer from total
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permanent disability as defined in this Act, shall be entitled to benefits under
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this Act during their lifetime; Provided, finaiiy. That the conviction of the
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surviving child of any crime which carries a penalty of imprisonment of more
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acquisition of duai citizenship, shali terminate the entitiement of such chiid 
to benefits under this Act;
3. In default of those mentioned in sub-paragraphs h (1) and (2) above, 
surviving parents of a deceased Miiitary or Uniformed Services Personnei 
who are primariiy dependent on the deceased for support, or in defauit 
thereof, surviving sibiings who are under twenty-one (21) years of age and 
unmarried; Provided, That the conviction of the parent or sibiing of the 
deceased for any crime which carries a penaity of imprisonment of more 
than six (6) years and one (1) day, or ioss of Philippine Citizenship or 
acquisition of dual citizenship, shall terminate the entitlement of such parent 
or sibling to benefits under this Act;
i. "Total Permanent Physical Disability" refers to the anatomical loss or the 
permanent loss of use of both hands, of both feet, of both eyes, of both ears 
or any combination, or loss of mental faculties, as determined by the medical 
board created for the purpose.
Title III 
Applicability
Sec. 4. Applicability. - This Act shall apply only to all New Entrants of the Military 
and Uniformed Services.
Title IV 
Retirement
Sec. 5. Compulsory Retirement - The following active Military or Uniformed 
Services Personnel shall be compulsorily retired:
a. Those who attain the age of fifty-six (56): Provided/ That he/she has 
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b. Those who suffer death in line of duty: Provided, That he/she has accumulated 
at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service;
c. Those who incur total permanent physical disability in line of duty: Provided, 
That he/she has accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active 
Service;
d. Those who are combat casualties;
e. Those subject to attrition, as provided in Section 18 of this Act: Provided, That 
he/she has accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service; 
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f. Those separated by their respective Disciplinary Board under Section 18 of this 
Act: Provided, That he/she has accumulated at least thirty (30) years of 
satisfactory Active Service.
Sec. 6. Voiuntary Retirement - Upon accumulation of at least thirty (30) years 
of satisfactory Active Service, a Military or Uniformed Services Personnel may apply 
for voluntary retirement from Active Service, subject to the approval of their 
respective appropriate authority.
Title V 
Separation
Sec. 7. Compuisory Separation. - The following Military or Uniformed Services 
Personnel shall be compulsorily separated from the Active Service:
a. Those who attain the age of fifty-six (56) without having accumulated at least 
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b. Those who suffer death in line of duty but without having accumulated at least 
thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service;
c. Those who incur total permanent physical disability in line of duty but without 
having accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service;
d. Those subject to attrition, as provided in Section 18 of this Act, without having 
accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service; or
e. Those separated by their respective Disciplinary Board under Section 13 of this 
Act without having accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active 
Service.
Sec. 8. Voluntary Separation. - A Military or Uniformed Services Personnel, who 
has not accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service, may apply 
for separation from Active Service, subject to the approval of their respective 
appropriate authority.
Title VI
Retirement and Separation Benefits
Sec. 9. Gratuity and Retirement Pay. - When a Military or Uniformed Services 
Personnel is retired under Title IV of this Act, he/she shall, at his/her option, receive 
Gratuity Pay or Retirement Pay described below:
a. Gratuity Pay - equivalent to one (1) month of base and longevity pay of the 
permanent grade last held for every year of service payable in one (1) lump 
sum;
b. Retirement Pay - a monthly retirement pay equivalent to two and one-half 
percent (2 1/2%) for each year of Active Service rendered, but not exceeding 
ninety percent (90%) of the monthly base and longevity pay of the permanent 
grade last held: Provided, That when he/she retires, he/she shall be entitled to


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receive a lump sum equal to eighteen (18) months of his monthly retirement
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pay, and thereafter receive his/her annual retirement pay payable in equal
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monthly installments: Provided, further, That if he/she dies before his/her
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retirement pay begins to accrue, the Survivors of the latter shall be entitled
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thereof but shall receive only the derivative benefits thereunder when they
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accrue: Provided, finaiiy. That the retirement pay of combat casualties, shall be
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computed at the rate of ninety (90%) of their monthly base and longevity pay
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regardless of their years in Active Service;
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immediately receive their benefits under this Act: Provided, That, those retired due to
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Attrition under Section 5 (e). Honorably Discharged under Section 5 (f), and those
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who avail of Voluntary Retirement under Section 6 shall be eligible to receive monthly
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retirement pay only upon reaching the age of fifty (50): Provided, however, that
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survivors shall immediately receive their survivorship benefits in the event the retiree
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dies before his fiftieth (50th) birthday for cause/s not attributable to the Survivor
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entitled thereto; Provided, further. That nothing in this Section shall be construed as
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authorizing adjustment of pay, or payment of any differential in retirement pay to
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Military or Uniformed Services Personnel who are already retired prior to the approval
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of this Act as a result of increases in salary of those In the Active Service may have
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their retirement pension adjusted based on the rank they hold and on the prevailing
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pay of military personnel in the Active Service, at the time of the termination of their
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recall to Active Service.
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Sec. 10. Separation Pay. - Except for those provided for in Section 12 of this
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Act, when a Military or Uniformed Services Personnel is separated from the service
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under Section 7 and Section 8 of Title V of this Act, he/she, or his/her survivors shall
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receive a separation pay equivalent to one-month base plus longevity pay of the
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permanent grade last held for every year of Active Service: Provided, That nothing in
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this Section shall be construed as authorizing adjustment of pay, or payment of any
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differential in separation pay to Military or Uniformed Services Personnel who are
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result of increases in salary granted to Military or Uniformed Services Personnel in 
Active Service.
Sec. 11. Survivorship Benefits. - The survivors of a deceased Military or 
Uniformed Services Personnel retired under Title IV, and separated under Section 7 
(b) of Title V of this Act shall be immediately entitled to a monthly annuity equivalent 
to seventy-five percent (75%) of his/her monthly retirement pay which the deceased 
was receiving or entitled to receive, to be divided among them in equal shares and 
with the right of accretion: Provided, That the minimum monthly annuity to be 
received shall be equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the base and longevity pay of 
the permanent grade last held: Provided, F/zra///, That if lump sum equal to eighteen 
months (18) is availed and retiree dies within eighteen (18) months after retirement, 
survivorship benefits shall only start on the first month immediately after the eighteen 
(18) months reckoned from date of retirement.
Sec. 12. Benefits for Death and Totai Permanent Disability in Line of Duty. - A 
Military or Uniformed Services Personnel separated under Section 7(c) of Title V of 
this Act or his Survivors shall be immediately entitled to a monthly life annuity the 
amount of which shall be fifty per centum (50%) of the base and longevity pay 
computed on the basis of his/her actual rank held at time of death or disability.
Sec. 13. Separation by the Disciplinary Board. - A Military or Uniformed Services 
Personnel referred to and found by their respective Disciplinary Board not fit for 
retention in the Active Service because of substandard performance, low potentiality, 
doubtful integrity and/or acts inconsistent with the best interest of the service shall be 
separated from the Active Service: Provided, That the Disciplinary Board, based on 
the facts and circumstances of the case, shall determine whether the subject Military 
or Uniformed Services Personnel shall be granted an Honorable Discharge and is 
entitled to receive benefits under Sections 9 or 10 of Title VI of this Act, as applicable, 
otherwise, ail benefits under this act shall be forfeited.
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Sec. 14. Disability Pension. - A Military or Uniformed Services Personnel retired 
due to disability which is the proximate result of wounds or injuries received, or 
sickness or disease incurred in line of duty or as a battle casualty, shall receive, in 
addition to the other benefits under this Act, Disability Pension fixed as follows:
a. If and while the disability is rated twenty-five percent (25%), the additional 
monthly pension shall be PHP 2,500.00;
b. If and while the disability is rated fifty percent (50%), the additional monthly 
pension shall be PHP 5,000.00;
c. If and while the disability is rated sixty percent (60%), the additional monthly 
pension shall be PHP 6,000.00;
d. If and while the disability is rated seventy percent (70%), the additional 
monthly pension shall be PHP 7,000.00;
e. If and while the disability is rated eighty percent (80%), the additional monthly 
pension shall be PHP 8,000.00;
f. If and while the disability is rated ninety percent (90%), the additional monthly 
pension shall be PHP 9,000.00; or
g. If and while the disability is rated one hundred percent (100%), the additional 
monthly pension shall be PHP 10,000.00.
Title VII
Military and Uniformed Personnel Retirement Fund
Sec. 15. Fund Management. - A new subsidiary of the Government Service 
Insurance System (GSIS) shall be established for the management and maintenance
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of the Military and Uniformed Personnel Retirement Fund (MUPRF). Within six (6) 
months from the effectivity of this Act, the GSIS shall determine the manner and 
undertake the creation of a subsidiary that will assume the management and 
maintenance of the MUPRF either through the passage of an original charter by the 
Congress or through Republic Act No. 11232 otherwise known as the "Revised 
Corporation Code of the Philippines."
Sec. 16. Fund Administration. - The Military and Uniformed Services shall create 
or assign respective office, unit or entity that shall administer their respective 
Retirement and Separation Fund (RSF) and discharge all necessary functions, except 
for the management and maintenance of the fund, relevant to the retirement and 
separation benefits of the New Entrants, in collaboration agreement with the GSIS 
subsidiary managing the fund.
Sec. 17. Funding Sources. - The MUPRF shall be Initially allocated a capital of 
Five Billion Pesos (P5,000,000,000.00). Aside from the initial capitalization, the MUPRF 
shall be funded through mandatory contributions of New Entrants of seven percent 
(7%) of their Base Pay as their personal share to the MUPRF, and twenty percent 
(20%) from the National Government sourced from the annual General Appropriations 
Act.
Title VIII
General Provisions
Sec. 18. Attrition. - The attrition systems of Military and Uniformed Services 
shall be formulated by their respective Organizations.
Sec. 19. Retirement Grade. - Military and Uniformed Services covered under 
this Act shall be retired in the grade they hold at the time of their retirement: Provided, 
That for those compulsorily retired due to age or combat casualty shall be retired at 
one (1) grade higher than the permanent grade last held.
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Sec. 20. Manner of Increase of Pension Benefits. - Upon effectivity of this Act, 
there shall be no automatic indexing of Gratuity and Retirement Pay, Survivorship 
Benefits and other benefits with the salary increases of active Military and Uniformed 
Services Personnel.
The Pension benefits, including additional Disability Pension, shall be regularly 
reviewed every three (3) years and may be adjusted as recommended by the actuary 
of the Pension Fund and approved by the Board of Directors of the Fund Manager of 
the MUPRF.
Sec. 21. Retirement List - Military and Uniformed Service Personnel retired 
under Title IV of this Act shall be carried in the retirement list of the applicable Military 
and Uniformed Services. The name of a retiree who loses his/her Filipino citizenship 
shall be removed from the Retirement List and his/her retirement benefits terminated 
upon such loss regardless of acquisition of dual citizenship.
Sec. 22. Recaii to Active Service. - (1) AFP Personnel carried in the Retirement 
List shall be subject to the Articles of War and may be recalled at any time by the 
President to Active Service in the permanent grade last held upon retirement. His/her 
refusal to perform such duty shall be a ground for court-martial under Article 97 of 
the Articles of War and subsequent termination of payments of benefits as determined 
by the court martial.
(2) When recalled to Active Service, a retiree shall receive the pay and 
allowances of the permanent grade last held and shall continue to be carried in the 
Retirement List. He/she shall be eligible for promotion under the Regular Force while 
in active status or in the Reserve Force when in inactive status.
Sec. 23. Non-Encumbrance of Benefits. - The benefits authorized under this 
Act shall exclusively for the benefit of the retired or separated Military or Uniformed 
Services Personnel and except as provided herein, shall not be subject to attachment, 
garnishment, levy, execution or any tax whatsoever; neither shall they be assigned.
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ceded, or conveyed to any third person; Provided, that if a retired or separated Miiitary 
or Uniformed Services Personnei who is entitled to any benefit under this Act has 
unsettled money and/or property accountabilities incurred while in the Active Service, 
not more than fifty percent (50%) of the pension gratuity or other payment due such 
Military or Uniformed Services Personnel or his/her survivors under this Act may be 
withheld and be applied to settle such accountabilities.
Sec. 24. Accrual of Benefits. - The benefits authorized under this Act shall 
accrue to Military or Uniformed Services Personnel separated by board action or court 
martial action except when non-entitlement of such benefits is expressly adjudged by 
the board or by the military court and approved by the approving authority.
Sec. 25. Non-Diminution of Benefits. - Nothing in this Act shall be construed in 
any manner to reduce whatever retirement and separation pay or gratuity or other 
monetary benefits which any person is receiving or entitled to receive under the 
provisions of existing laws.
Title IX
Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 26. Pena! Clause. - Any person found to have participated directly or 
indirectly in the commission of fraud, falsification, misrepresentation of facts, collusion 
or any similar anomaly in the issuance of any certificate or document for any purpose 
connected with this Act shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than 
the amount defrauded but not more than threefold such amount and/or imprisonment 
of not less than six (6) months and one (1) day to six (6) years and perpetual 
disqualification from holding public office and from practicing any profession or calling 
licensed by the government; Provided, that the maximum penalty shall be imposed if 
the offense was committed by any group who belongs to an organized/syndicated 
crime group.
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Sec. 27. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty days (60) days 
upon the effectivity of this Act, the DOF, DND, DND, DOJ, DOTR, Government Service 
Insurance System (GSIS), and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in 
coordination with the AFP, PNP, PCG, BJMP, BFP, BuCor and other relevant offices 
shall formulate and issue the Implementing Rules and Regulations necessary for the 
effective implementation hereof.
Sec. 28. Appropnations. - The amount necessary for the Implementation of the 
provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act 
following its enactment into law.
Sec. 29. Repealing Clause. - The pertinent provisions of Republic Act No. 6975, 
Republic Act No. 8551, Republic Act No. 9263, Republic Act No. 9993, and Republic 
Act No. 10575 are hereby amended accordingly.
Presidential Decree No. 1656, Presidential Decree No. 1638, Republic Act No. 
340, and Republic Act No. 5976 are hereby repealed. However, those considered 
Active Members upon the enactment of this Act shall continue to receive the benefits 
of the aforementioned laws. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to eliminate or in 
any way diminish any benefits being enjoyed by Military and Uniform Personnel at the 
time of promulgation of this Act.
All laws, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof, which are 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly.
Sec. 30. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act shall be declared 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not otherwise affected 
shall remain in force and effect.
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Sec. 31. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following
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its complete publication In the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of
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