EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 1563
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(In substitution of Senate Bills Nos. 312, 405 and 871)
Prepared by the Committees on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs; National 
Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation; and Justice and Human 
Rights with Senators Zubiri, Sotto, Lacson, Tolentino, and Dela Rosa as authors
AN ACT
LOWERING THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS OF 
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION 
(BFP), BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AND 
BUREAU OF CORRECTION (BUCOR), AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, 
AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10575, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the "PNP, BFP, BJMP and BuCor
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Height Equality Act."
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SEC. 2. Section 30 of Republic Act No. 6975, as amended, is further
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amended to read as follows:
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"SEC. 30. General Qualifications for Appointment. - No
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person shall be appointed as officer or member of the PNP unless
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he or she possesses the following minimum qualifications:
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"a) XXX...


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"b) XXX...
"c) XXX...
"d) XXX...
"e) XXX...
"f)XXX...
"g) XXX...
"h) Must be at least one meter and [sixty-two] FIFTY- 
SEVEN centimeters [(1.62 m.)] (1.57 M.) in height for male and one 
meter and [fifty-seven] FIFTY-TWO centimeters [(1.57 m.)] (1.52 
M.) for female: PROVIDED, THAT A WAIVER FOR HEIGHT 
REQUIREMENT SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY GRANTED TO 
APPLICANTS BELONGING TO THE CULTURAL 
COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES;
"i) XXX...
"j) XXX...
" XXX...
"After the lapse of the time period for the satisfaction of a 
specific requirement, current members of the PNP who will fail to 
satisfy any of the requirements enumerated under this Section shall 
be separated from the service if they are below fifty (50) years of 
age and have served in Government for less than twenty (20) years 
or retired if they are from the age of fifty (50) and above and have 
served the Government for at least twenty (20) years without 
prejudice in either case to the payment of benefits they may be 
entitled to under existing laws."


SEC. 3. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9263, is amended to read as follows:
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"SEC. 4. Professionalization and Upgrading of Qualification 
Standards in the Appointment of Uniformed Personnel to the BFP 
and the BJMP. - No person shall be appointed as uniformed 
personnel of the BFP and the BJMP unless he/she possesses the 
following minimum qualifications:
"a) XXX...
"b) XXX...
"c) XXX...
"d) XXX...
"e) XXX...
"f) XXX...
"g) XXX...
"h) Must be at least one meter and [sixty-two] FIFTY- 
SEVEN centimeters [(1.62 m.)] (1.57 M.) in height for male, and 
one meter and [fifty-seven] FIFTY-TWO centimeters [(1.57 m.)] 
(1.52 M.) for female: Provided, That a waiver for height and age 
requirements shall be automatically granted to applicants 
belonging to the cultural communItles/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; 
and
"i) XXX...
'XXX...
"After the lapse of the time of period for the satisfaction of 
a specific requirement, current uniformed personnel of the BFP and


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the BJMP who will fail to satisfy any of the requirements 
enumerated under this Section shall be separated from the service 
if they are below fifty (50) years of age and have served in the 
government for less than twenty (20) years, or retired if they are 
age fifty (50) and above and have served in the government for at 
least twenty (20) years without prejudice in either case to the 
payment of benefits they may be entitled to under existing laws."
SEC. 4. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 10575, is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 11. Professionalization and Upgrading of Qualification 
Standards in the Appointment of the BuCor Personnel. - (a) No person 
shall be appointed as personnel of the BuCor unless one possesses the 
following minimum qualifications:
"(1) XXX...
"(2) XXX...
"(3) XXX...
"(4) XXX...
"(5) XXX...
"(6) XXX...
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"(8) Must be at least one meter and [sixty-two] FIFTY-SEVEN 
centimeters [(1.62 m.)] (1.57 M.) in height for male, and one meter and 
[fifty-seven] FIFTY-TWO centimeters [(1.57 m.)] (1.52 M.) for 
female: Provided, That a waiver for height and age requirement/s may be


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granted to applicants belonging to the cultural
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communities/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: Provided, further. That a new
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applicant must not be less than twenty-one (21) or more than forty (40)
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years of age. Except for this particular provision, the above-enumerated
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qualifications shall be continuing in character and an absence of any one
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of them at any given time shall be ground for separation or retirement
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from the service: Provided, furthermore. That those who are already in
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the service upon the effectivity of this Act shall be given five (5) years
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from the date of such effectivity to obtain the minimum educational
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qualification and eligibility with subsidiary assistance as provided for in
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this Act.
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"(d) The BuCor shall continue training its personnel through its
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Personnel Training School, which shall be renamed as Corrections
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Training School/Institute patterned after the BJMP's Jail National Training
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Institute (JNTI), the Bureau of Fire's Fire National Training Institute
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(FNTI) and the PNP's National Training Institute (PNTI)."
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SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days
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from the effectivity of this Act, the PNP, BFP, BJMP and BuCor, in coordination with
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the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the National Police
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Commission, Department of Justice, Philippine National Police, Philippine National
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Police Philippine National Police Academy, Civil Service Commission, and other


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concerned government agencies and stakeholders shall formulate the necessary
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rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
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SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - If any part, section or provision of this Act
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is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the sections or provisions which are not
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affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
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SEC. 7. Repealing Clause.- All laws, decrees, ordinances, rules,
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regulations, other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are
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hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
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SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. - l\\\s Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
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after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
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circulation.
Approved,