FOURTEENTHCONGRESSOFTHE 
First Regular Session 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
SENATE 
S. B. No. 212 
Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The prosecutors of the Department of Justice discharge a vital role 
in our criminal justice system. They share the heavy task of maintaining 
and upholding the rule of law. In their everyday life, they carry the 
uncommon burden of prosecuting offenders, as they prove their case 
through the entire judicial mill. 
Such a way of life exacts complete devotion and dedication from 
our prosecutors. It is a sad commentary, however, that existing 
legislations all fall short in the appreciation of their work. 
Thus, there is an urgent need to address this inequity, if only to 
stem the tide of demoralization that is slowly creeping within the ranks of 
our prosecutors. It is difficult for them to become effective partners in the 
fight for justice, when they themselves are laboring under oppressive 
conditions. Though it is their bounden duty to preserve the laws, it is a 
supreme irony that these laws seem oblivious to their own plight and 
needs. 
Consistent with the intent to address the plight of our prosecutors, 
this proposed bill aims to establish a generous retirement benefit 
package for them. There is an urgent need to provide a solid and 
competitive retirement package commensurate to the demands and 
pressure exacted from them. 
Because in the end - it is trite but it is true - justice is about 
giving one’s fair share, and it is high time that we give our prosecutors 
what is due them. 
It is for these reasons that the immediate passage of this bill is 
earnestly requested. 
EDG~RDO J. ANGARA 
Senator 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Nrst Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. B. No. 212 
Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO J. ANGAFU 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A RETIREMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM 
FOR PROSECUTORS IN THE NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
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 ntle. This Act shall be known as the 
“Expanded Retirement Law for Prosecutors in the National 
Prosecution Service.” 
SECTION 2. Coverage. This Act shall apply to prosecutors of the 
National Prosecution Service. 
SECTION 3. Retirement Benefits. When a prosecutor, who has 
rendered at least twenty (20) years of service either in the National 
Prosecution Service or in any branch of government, or in both, retires 
for having attained the age of sixty-five (65) years, or resigns by reason of 
incapacity to discharge the duties of his office, he shall, during the 
residue of his natural life, in the manner hereinafter provided, receive a 
retirement pension based on the highest monthly salary, plus the highest 
monthly aggregate of 
transportation, living, and representation 
allowances, which he was receiving at the time of his retirement or 
resignation. 
When a prosecutor has attained the age of sixty (60) years and has 
rendered at least twenty (20) years of service in government, the last five 
(5) years of which must have been continuously rendered in the 
prosecution service, he shall likewise be entitled to retire and receive 
during the residue of his natural life the same benefits provided for in 
this section: Provided, however, that those with less than twenty (20) 


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years service in the government shall be entitled to a pro-rata monthly 
pension computed as follows: 
NO. OF YEARS 
IN GOVERNMENT 
MONTHLY AGGREGATE OF 
TRANSPORTATION, LIVING, 
BASIC PAY PLUS THE HIGHEST 
_--_________________________ X 
AND REPRESENTATION 
ALLOWANCES 
20 YEARS 
SECTION 4. Conditions. To maintain entitlement to the pension 
herein provided, no prosecutor, during the time he is receiving said 
pension, shall appear as counsel before any judicial or quasi-judicial 
agency in any civil case wherein the Government or any agency, 
subdivision, or instrumentality thereof is an adverse party, or in any 
criminal case wherein any 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 proceedings to maintain an 
interest adverse to the Government, whether national, provincial, or 
municipal, or to any of its legally constituted officers. 
When a prosecutor covered under 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 allowance due him. 
SECTION 5. Automatic Increase. All pension benefits of retired 
prosecutors of the National Prosecution Service shall be automatically 
increased whenever there is an increase in the salary of the same 
position from which he retired. 
SECTION 6. Retroactiuity. The benefits under this Act shall be 
granted to all those who retired prior to the effectivity of this Act. 
SECTION 7. Applicability. All benefits heretofore extended under 
Republic Act No. 910, and all other benefits that may be extended by way 
of any amendment thereto shall likewise be given to the prosecutors 
covered by this Act. 


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SECTION 8. Appropriation. Such amount necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this Act is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the 
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Thereafter, such amount 
as may be necessary to implement this Act shall be included in the 
Annual General Appropriations Act. 
SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders, 
presidential decrees, proclamations, issuances, rules, and regulations or 
parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect after fifteen 
(15) days following its full publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes first. 
Approved,