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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2011 
Introduced by Senator EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to amend Republic Act No. 340, otherwise known as An Act to 
Establish A Uniform Retirement System for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which 
covers the retirement of military personnel prior to 10 September 1979. 
Section 3 of the Act provides for the payment of benefits to survivors of retired 
military personnel but it specifically excludes from entitlement to such benefits the widow 
of a retired officer or enlisted man whose marriage to the officer or enlisted man was 
contracted after his retirement from the military service. This provision is clearly 
discriminative against widows who married their husbands after they have retired. 
Husbands who, though already advanced in years, still need companionship, care and 
attention. 
In contrast, Republic Act No. 6948, as amended by Republic Act No. 7696, 
provides benefits to a veteran's _ unmarried widow without regard to the date of her 
marriage to the veteran. 
There is a need to consolidate and unify laws pertinent to the retirement benefits of 
our military personnel as part of the measures to strengthen our Armed Forces. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this measure is earnestly 
sought. 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2011 
Introdnced by Senator EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
AN ACT 
FURTHER AMENDING SECTION THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 
THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY, AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 
THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT LAW 
Be it enacted in the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in the 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Entitlement o/Widows and Orphans, Section 3 of Republic Act No. 
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340, as amended by Republic Act No. 3056, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 3. Upon the death of an officer or enlisted man who has 
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been retired or would, at the time when he died, have been entitled to 
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retire under Section one of this Act, the surviving legitimate, adopted or 
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acknowledged natural children of such officer or enlisted man and/or 
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widow, shalI be entitled to receive in equal shares and with the right of 
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accretion, seventy-five per centum of the annual retirement pay which the 
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officer or enlisted man was receiving or would have been entitled to 
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receive if he had not died, the said amount to be payable in equal monthly 
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instalIments: Provided, That no payment under this section shalI be made 
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to children after they have attained the age of twenty-one years or have 
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married, nor to the widow if she remarries." x x x [Provided, further, That 
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no payment whatever shall be made to the widow if her marriage to the 
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deceased officer or enlisted man was contracted after his retirement from 
the service]. 
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SEC. 2. Repealing Clause. All laws and rules and regulations or parts thereof 
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 3. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the date 
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of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
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circulation. 
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Approved, 
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