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Introduced by Senator Aquilino uKoko” Pimentel HI
An Act Instituting the Citizen Service Training Course, Establishing 
the Citizen Service Corps, C reating the Citizen Service M obilization 
Commission, A ppropriating Funds Therefor and For O ther
Purposes
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Today, with the growing number of emergencies and contingencies 
in the form of natural and man-made calamities and national and internal 
security threats which have confronted our people in recent years, it has 
become indispensable for the State to unsheathe its vital resource -  the 
youth -  and mobilize them in service to the nation.
Indeed, no less than the 1987 Constitution, through Article II, 
Section 13, expresses the State's recognition of the vital role of the youth 
in nation-building and encourages the State to inculcate in them 
patriotism and nationalism and to encourage their involvement in public 
and civic affairs.
This measure seeks to establish a comprehensive framework for 
the training and mobilization of our youth and implements the 
constitutional vision of drawing them into the mainstream of national 
life by providing avenues for their participation in public and civic 
affairs, primarily through the establishment of the Citizen Service 
Training Course (CSTC).
Under the CSTC, a Basic Citizen Service Training Course shall be 
mandatory for all tertiary-level students enrolled in baccalaureate degree


courses or technical vocational courses in all public and private colleges, 
universities, and similar learning institutions. The CSTC retains external 
and territorial defense training as a foundational component, akin to 
envisioned goal of the creation of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 
(ROTC) under Republic Act No. 7077', as amended. In addition, the 
course expands its scope by also providing trainings in internal security 
and peace and order as well as disaster risk reduction and management, 
which assimilate the flexibility provided by the National Service 
Training Program (NSTP), created through Republic Act No. 91631 2.
The controversies involving abuse and corrupt practices that have 
marred the ROTC and NSTP programs in the past are also addressed in 
this bill through the institution of safeguards, which include the creation 
of the Citizen Service Mobilization Commission that is empowered to 
conduct an audit of the utilization of the fees collected for the CSTC, 
and to investigate reported incidents of coiruption, graft, hazing, sexual 
harassment, and other abuses in the program.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is 
earnestly sought.
AQUILTNO “ K OK O” PIM ENTEL III
1 Citizen Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act
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S.B.No. 
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Introduced by Senator Aqiiilino “ Koko” Pimentel HI
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An Act Instituting the Citizen Service Training Course, 
Establishing the Citizen Service Corps, C reating the Citizen 
Service M obilization Commission, A ppropriating Funds 
Therefor and For O ther Purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled:
Article I
Title
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SECTION 1. Short Title. -  This Act shall be known as the ''"Citizen
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Article II
Declaration of Policy
SECTION 2. Statement of Policy. -  It shall be the policy of the 
State:
(a) 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;
(b) To constitute the youth into a major component of the 
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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
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To train, equip and organize the youth, within the current 
frameworks of national and territorial defense, law enforcement and 
peace 
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order and 
national 
disaster risk 
reduction 
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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 III
Institution of Citizen Service Training Course
SECTION 3. Basic Citizen Service Training Course. — There is 
hereby instituted a Basic Citizen Seiwice Training Course (Basic 
CSTC) 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 CSTC shall have a duration of at least four (4) 
semesters over two (2) school years, unless otherwise allowed by 
the Citizen Service Training Board. Except for justifiable causes, 
the Basic CSTC must be completed, as far as practicable, within the 
first two (2) years of all baccalaureate degree courses and technical 
vocational courses.
The Basic CSTC is hereby declared as a requisite for 
graduation in the said courses.
SECTION 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, or similar 
learning institutions shall be required to undergo the Basic CSTC.
SECTION 
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Special 
CSTC for Students 
under Specific 
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shall prescribe Special CSTC 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 fireanns 
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 CSTC is 
required shall also undergo a Special CSTC prescribed by the 
Citizen Service Mobilization Commission 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.
SECTION 6. Advance CSTC. — There is also hereby instituted an 
Advance CSTC which may be pursued by all graduates of the Basic 
CSTC, except those who have been convicted by final judgment of 
crimes involving moral turpitude; and who have successfully 
finished a one-semester officer qualifying course within the first 
two (2) years of their baccalaureate degree courses or technical 
vocational courses. The officer qualifying course shall include 
leadership and management training, which will equip the graduates 
thereof to themselves administer the Basic CSTC; shall be 
completed in one (1) semester; and shall consist of at least one 
hundred and twenty-eight (128) hours of lecture, practical training 
and field exercises in external and territorial defense, internal 
security and peace and order, and disaster risk reduction and 
management.
It shall be mandatory for all public and private colleges, 
universities and similar learning institutions offering baccalaureate 
degree courses to offer the Advance CSTC in all their campuses, 
which shall have a duration of at least eight (8) semesters over four 
(4) school years, unless otherwise allowed by the Citizen Seiwice 
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Graduates of the Advance CSTC shall be posted to leadership roles 
in the Citizen Service Corps established herein.
SECTION 7. Preparatoiy CSTC.- There is further hereby 
instituted a Preparatory CSTC which shall be administered and 
implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) to all 
students, male and female, enrolled in Grades 11 and 12 in all 
public and private learning institutions. The Preparatory CSTC shall 
be an introductoiy/orientation course to the Basic CSTC and is 
hereby declared a requirement for enrollment in all 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.
Article IV
Establishment of the Citizen Service Corps
SECTION 8. Citizen Sennce Corps. -  There is hereby established a 
Citizen Service Corps (Corps) which shall be composed of all the 
graduates of CSTC 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 
tenitorial defense, internal security and peace and order, and 
disaster risk reduction and management.
Article V
Creation of the Citizen Service Mobilization
Commission
SECTION 9. Citizen Sennce Mobilization Commission. -  There is 
hereby created 
a Citizen 
Service Mobilization 
Commission 
(Commission), which shall oversee the CSTC and the Coips, and 
implement the objectives and purposes of this Act. The President 
shall appoint the Chairperson and the four (4) Commissioners as 
provided herein within sixty (60) days from the cffcctivity of this 
Act. The Commission must organize itself in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act within sixty (60) days from the appointment 
of all its members. The Commission shall be an attached agency of 
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The Commission shall ensure the full implementation of this 
Act within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act.
SECTION 10. Composition of the Commission. -  The Commission 
shall be composed of a Chairperson and 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 
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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 
Commission.
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, 
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Commissioners, who shall have the rank equivalent of cabinet 
secretary and undcrsccrctaiy, respectively, shall be appointed by the 
President.
SECTION 11. Quorum. -  Five (5) members of the Commission 
shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of at least a 
majority of those present, there being a quorum, shall be necessary 
for the adoption of any rule, ruling, order, resolution, decision, or 
other acts of the Commission; Provided, that the affirmative vote of 
at least five (5) members of the Commission shall be necessary for 
the exercise of the powers and functions of the Commission under 
Section 13(a), (d), (f), (j), and (k), as well as those under Section 18, 
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SECTION 12. Term of Office. -  The term of office of the 
Chairperson and the Commissioners shall be four (4) years, subject 
to reappointment: Provided, that no person shall serve as 
Chairperson or Commissioner for more than two (2) consecutive 
terms.
O f 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.
SECTION 13. Powers of the Commission. -  The Commission shall 
have the following powers:
(a) Design, prescribe and/or approve the programs of 
instruction for the CSTC, including special courses for students 
under specific circumstances;
(b) Ensure the proper administration of the CSTC;
(c) Exercise supeiwision and eontrol over all ageneies, offices 
and persons, directly implementing the CSTC;
(d) Recommend to the President of the Philippinesthe 
general,nationwide or large-scale mobilization of the Corps;
(e) Approve, as required under this Act, the deployment of a 
limited number of the Corps 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 
the Corps to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the 
Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Office of Civil Defense 
(OCD) to serve as reservists and active duty cadres to meet the 
peace time stand by reseiwe requirements of said agencies. To 
complement the existing AFP Reserve Force, the Commission is 
hereby authorized and mandated to organize the rcseiwe components 
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of this Act. Thereafter, the administration, operational control and 
funding of the newly organized reserve components shall be vested 
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Commission retains the authority to determine the allocation of the 
Corps to each of the reserve components;
(g) Investigate or seeure the services or assistance of the 
appropriate agencies to investigate cases of corruption, graft, 
hazing, sexual harassment and other abusesin the conduct of the 
CSTC, mobilization of the Corps and implementation of this Act;
(h) Issue serial numbers to all graduates of the CSTC;
(i) Maintain a registry of all trainees and graduates of the 
CSTC;
(j) Promulgate the appropriate rules and regulations, in 
accordance with Section 36 hereof, to fully implement the 
provisions of this Act;
(k) Appoint, fix the compensationand determine the status, 
qualifications, and duties of the staff of the Commission. The 
members of the technical staff, except those performing purely 
clerical functions, shall possess at least a baccalaureate degree;
(l) Generate and utilize resources to fully implement the 
provisions of this Act;
(m) Audit the utilization of the fees collected by public and 
private colleges, universities and similar learning institutions under 
Section 32 of this Act; and
(n) Exercise such other powers as are necessary or essential to 
fully implement the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 14. Organization of the Commission. — The Commission 
shall have a Citizen Service Training Board and a Citizen Serviee 
Mobilization Board.
SECTION 15. Citizen Service Training Board. -  The Citizen 
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Chairperson as head, the four (4) Commissioners, the Chairperson 
of the CHED and the Direetor General of the TESDA, or their 
dulyauthorized representatives, whieh shall be a Commissioner for 
the CHED and a Board Member for the TESDA.
The Training Board shall eome up with the initial CSTC 
Programs of Instruetion (CSTC POI), ineluding the officer 
qualifying course, within sixty (60) days from the organization of 
the Commission. For this purpose, the Training Board is hereby 
directed to tap the technical expertise of the AFP, the PNP and the 
OCD,the expertise and experience of stakeholders in both public 
and private sector, and the curriculum development expertise of the 
CHED, the TESDA and the DepEd, as well as public and private 
colleges, universities and similar learning institutions. The CSTC 
POI shall be subject to the approval of the Commission. The 
Training Board shall also supervise the continuous development of 
the CSTC POI.
Thereafter, the Commission, through the Training Board, shall 
ensure the incorporation of the CSTC POI 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, 
and in the curricula of Grade 11 and Grade 12 in all public and 
private learning institutions.
The Training Board shall adopt guidelines, which shall be 
incorporated in the rules and regulations of the Commission, for the 
organization of a Department of Citizen Service Training in 
evci-ypublic and private colleges, universities and similar learning 
institutions.For colleges and universities with multiple campuses, 
there shall be a Department of Citizen Service Training for each 
campus.
SECTION 16. Citizen Sennee Mobilization Board— The Citizen 
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Mobilization 
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(Mobilization 
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Commissioners,the Secretaiy of the DND, the Secretary of the 
DILG,and the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development, or 
their dulyauthorized representatives,with a rank of at least Assistant 
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General of the PNP, or their dulyauthorized representatives with a 
rank of at least Brigadier General, 
Commodore or Chief 
Superintendent, as the ease may be.
The Mobilization Board shall administer the proeess of 
deployment of the Coips in aeeordanee with the provisions of this 
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Article VI
Development of the Citizen Service Training Course
SECTION 17. Components of the CSTC. -  The CSTC shall have 
the following basie eomponents:
(a) External and Territorial Defense Training;
(b) Internal Seeurity and Peaee and Order Training; and
(c) Disaster Risk Reduetion and Management Training.
In addition to the foregoing basie eomponents, the CSTC 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 over at least two (2) years, unless otherwise 
allowed by the Training Board, and for at least sixty-four (64) hours 
every semester and sixteen (16) hours of field training exercises 
every year.
The trainees 
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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 CSTC.
SECTION 18. Department of Citizen Service Training. — Tasked 
with the primary duty and responsibility of fully implementing the 
CSTC in their respective campuses, an autonomous department 
within each campus of their respective institutions shall be 
established in all public and private colleges, universities and 
similar learning institutions in accordance with the structure and 
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Commission. Thehead of each campus and/or learning institution 
shall 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 
Training (DCST), which shall be directly under the office of the 
head of each campus and/or learning institution.
The DCST shall be civilian in character and shall administer 
the CSTC. However, it is understood that personnel of the AFP, 
PNP and the Bureau of Fire Protection shall not be disqualified 
from being appointed as heads of the DCST.
The head of the DCST 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 DCST. The Commission shall have the authority to prescribe 
the qualifications for the head of DCST.
Should a learning institution fail to organize a DCST and/or 
appoint a DCST head within the period stated above, the 
Commission shall cause the establishment of a DCST and/or 
appoint the head thereof
SECTION 19. The University of the Philippines as Cwriciiliim and 
Development Center. -The University of the Philippines (U.P.), as 
the National University, through its various DCSTs in each of its 
campuses, shall serve as the CSTC POI research and development 
center for the Commission. For this purpose, there shall be created a 
U.P. Center for Citizens Service Training (CCST) which shall be an 
autonomous unit under the Office of the U.P. President and shall 
have the following powers:
(a) Undertake studies, surveys, and research to assess and/or 
enhance the implementation of the CSTC;
(b) Design and develop CSTC subjects and modules for the 
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Pilot test CSTC subjects, modules and programs it 
designed and developed within the U.P. system for purposes of 
assessment; and
The U.P. CCST shall be located at the U.P. Diliman DCST.
SECTION 20. Development of the CSTC POL -  The U.P. CCST 
shall propose improvements to the CSTC POI, which shall undergo 
pilot-testing in each of the U.P. campuses.The pilot-tested CSTC 
POI shall be submitted for the assessment, consideration and 
approval of the Commission within thirty (30) days from the last 
day of the pilot-testing semester.
The Commission and the U.P. CCST 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 CSTC POI.
Article VII
Deployment of the Citizen Service Corps
SECTION 21. Requests for Deployment. -  The Corps 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 temtorial 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 Mobilization Board. The requests shall contain a justification 
for the deployment of the Corps 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.
SECTION 22. Evaluation of the Requests for Deployment. -  The 
Mobilization 
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evaluate 
the 
requests 
for 
depIoyment.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 Mobilization Board shall decide
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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 Mobilization Board shall 
make a recommendation to the Commission within twenty-four (24) 
hours from receipt of the request. The Commission shall decide 
whether to approve or disapprove the request within twenty-four 
(24) hours from receipt of the recommendation of the Mobilization 
Board.
In case of the approval of the request for deployment, the 
Mobilization Board shall issue an Order of Deployment requiring 
the Corps, or a number thereof, 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.
SECTION 23. 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 Corps to the President 
of the Philippines. The President of the Philippines, by himself, 
shall also have the power to order the mobilization of the Corps to 
respond to national or local contingencies related to external and 
territorial defense, internal security and peace and order and/or 
disaster risk reduction management.
SECTION 24. Mobilization Centers. -  There shall be established in 
each province and city as many mobilization centers as needed 
according to the number and geographical distribution of the Corps, 
where they will report in case of deployment. The local government 
units shall provide an office, which shall be known as the Citizen 
Service Office, which shall handle the administrative aspects of 
mobilization.
In case of mobilization, the equipment of the Corps shall be 
supplied in close coordination with the AFP, the PNP and the OCD, 
with the end in view of achieving rapid mobilization.
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SECTION 25. Lines of Command. -  Upon deployment, operational 
control over the Corps shall be vested upon the head of the 
requesting national government agency or local government unit: 
Provided, that, in case of deployment for puiposes of external and 
territorial defense, when the Corps is mobilized to expand the AFP 
in the event of war, invasion, rebellion or similar circumstances, 
operational control shall be vested upon the AFP.
SECTION 26. 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 Corps is deployed shall shoulder the operational expenses 
of deployment.
SECTION 
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Operationalization 
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Mobilization Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, 
shall promulgate the specific mechanisms by which deployment is 
efficiently implemented, including the organization of the Corps to 
be deployed, their territorial assignments, how deployment orders 
are communicated to each member of the Corps and to which 
mobilization center they will report.
SECTION 28. Serial Numbers and Registry. — Upon completion of 
the Basic CSTC, the graduates shall be issued individual serial 
numbers, which will seiwe as their identification in case of 
deployment.
The Commission shall maintain and update a registry 
containing information on the members of the Corps, 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 CSTC to the 
Commission, in the form as may be determined by the Commission.
SECTION 29. Termination of Deployment. -  Upon the expiration 
of the requested period of deployment, without an extension having 
been requested and approved by the Commission, the Corps shall be
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discharged of its duties. The deployment may also be terminated 
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Article VIII
Funding of the Citizen Service Corps
SECTION 30. Citizen Sennee Fund. — A Citizen Service Fund is 
hereby established exclusively for the implementation of the 
objectives and purposes of this Act. The Office of the President 
shall monitor and evaluate the activities and the balances of the 
Fund.
SECTION 31. Appropriations. -  All funds previously appropriated 
for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps Program of the AFP, established under 
Republic Act No. 7077, as amended, 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 appropriated for the implementation of the 
National Service Training 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, the Citizen Service Fund 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).
SECTION 32. School Fees. -  Public and private colleges, 
universities and similar learning institutions shall not collect any fee 
for the CSTC, except basic tuition fees, which shall be not 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 
CSTC in the said learning institution.
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SECTION 33. Incentives for Students Pursuing Advance CSTC. — 
Students pursuing the Advanee CSTC shall be entitled to tuition fee 
discounts according to the following schedule:
(a) Successful graduates of the officer qualifying course shall 
be entitled to fifty percent (50%) discount on their tuition fees 
effective the semester after their completion of the officer 
qualifying course until their completion of the Basic CSTC 
provided they serve as officers of the CSTC; and
(h) During their training under the Advance CSTC, 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 serving as officers of the CSTC. For private colleges, 
universities and similar learning institutions, the tuition fee 
discounts shall be subsidized from the Fund.
Officers of the CSTC shall likewise be entitled to a uniform 
allowance, which shall be provided and given in kind by the 
Commission.
Furthermore, upon completion of the Advance CSTC, the 
graduates shall be entitled to a reserve commission as second 
lieutenantor its equivalent in the AFP, PNP or OCD; Provided, that 
they shall have obtained their baccalaureate degree courses within 
four (4) years from such completion, failing which their reserve 
commission shall be deemed revoked by operation of law.
The Commission shall ensure that an adequate portion of the 
Fund is allocated for the above incentives. The budget of the 
Commission to be submitted to the President shall likewise 
incorporate such allocation.
Article IX 
Penal Provisions
SECTION 34. Failure to Respond. -  (a) Failure to respond tq the 
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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 to respond 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 punishable 
as follows:
First Offense:
Second Offense:
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SECTION 35. Corruption, graft, hazing and other abuses. -  For 
acts already penalized under existing laws such as corruption, graft, 
hazing, sexual harassment, and other abuses committed by persons 
authorized to administer the CSTC and deployment of the Corps, 
the maximum penalty imposablc under existing laws shall be 
imposed.
Article X
Implementing rules and Regulations
SECTION 36. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). -  The 
Commission shall be tasked to fonnulate and approve the necessary 
rules and regulations to implement the objectives and purposes of 
this Act within sixty (60) days from its organization. The rules and 
regulations 
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organization of the Department of Citizen Service Training under 
Section 18, the specific mechanisms for the efficient mobilization 
and deployment of the Corps under Section 27, the incentives for 
students pursuing Advance CSTC under Section 33 , and such other 
matters as the Commission may deem necessary or essential to fully 
implement the objectives and purposes of this Act.
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Article XI
Transitory Provision
SECTION 37. Transitofy 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 in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act, the CSTC shall be administered in all public colleges, 
universities, and similar learning institutions after the Commission 
has fonnulated the nccessaiy implementing rules and regulations 
described in Section 36.
The Training Board shall ensure that the initial set of program 
managers who shall instruct and train the first sets of enrollees in 
the CSTC in all public and private colleges, universities and similar 
learning institutions are properly trained and equipped. For this 
puipose, the Training Board shall develop a Program Managers 
Training Course. All covered institutions are required to send 
program managers in a number sufficient to implement the CSTC.
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 XII 
Final Promsions
SECTION 38. Repealing Clause. 
Republic Act No. 
9163, 
otheiAvise 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 A cf’, are hereby amended as appropriate. All 
other laws, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are 
inconsistent with this Act are likewise hereby repealed, amended or 
modified accordingly.
SECTION 39. Separability Clause. If any section or provision of 
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valid and in full force and effect.
SECTION 40. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen 
(15) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of national 
circulation.
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