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S.B. NO. 
Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
As an archipelagic country composed of a tortuous coastline, the Philippines 
requires heavy military monitoring. That is why there is a need to design a training 
program which will aid the Philippine Navy in carrying out its activities. The proposed 
creation of a Philippine Naval Academy is aimed at educating and training young 
leaders who will lead the Philippine front. The defense system in the Philippines is very 
much underdeveloped in comparison with those found in other countries. With the 
growing international tension, the government must take up all necessary measures to 
prepare their armies. 
The Philippine Naval Academy will stand to ensure that all cadets undergo the 
rigorous training and take up the academic programs necessary in their total military 
formation. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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S.B. NG. 
Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NAVAL ACADEMY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION I. 
It is hereby declared the policy of the State to enhance the Regular 
Naval force by developing further the education and training of persons who will serve 
therein. 
SECTION 2. There is hereby created a Philippine Naval Academy, hereinafter 
referred to as the Naval Academy, for the training of selected candidates for permanent 
commission in the Regular Naval Force. 
SECTION 3. The Naval Academy shall be organized and administered by the 
Academic Board under the supervision and control of the Chief of Staff of the Armed 
Forces of the Philippines. 
SECTION 4. a) The Academic Board shall be composed of the Superintendent, 
as Chairman, the Dean of the Corps of Professors and the Commandant of Cadets, as 
mem bers; 
The Superintendent and the Commandant of the Naval Academy shall be 
detailed to those positions by the President of the Philippines from the 
Officers of the Regular Naval Force. 
The Dean of the Corps of Professors shall be appointed by the President 
from the permanent professors who have served as heads of the 
departments of the Naval Academy: Provided That pending the 
a) 
b) 


qualification of the regular Dean of the Corps of Professors, an Acting 
Dean shall be appointed by the President who shall serve for a period not 
longer than one (1) year from the establishment of the Naval Academy. 
The heads of the departments, professors or instructors of the Naval 
Academy shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from 
among the nominees of the Superintendent with the assistance of the 
Dean of the Corps of Professors: Provided; That no graduate of the Naval 
Academy may be appointed or detailed to serve therein as a professor or 
instructor within five (5) years after his graduation. 
Other officers on duty at the Naval Academy, except the permanent 
professor may be detailed from the Regular Naval Force. 
c) 
d) 
SECTION 5. 
The Academic board shall have the following powers and 
functions: 
a) 
To receive and appropriate such sums as may be provided for by the Law 
to support the Naval Academy; 
To grant a baccalaureate degree to a Naval cadet who has completed the 
courses of study and the rules of disciplines required by it; 
To appoint or detail such number of personnel as may be necessary to 
carry out the mandate of this Act; and 
To exercise such powers and functions as may be necessary to carry out 
the policy of this Act. 
b) 
c) 
d) 
SECTION 6. The Quartermaster of the Naval Academy shall be detailed by the 
President of the Philippines from the Regular Naval Force, the Quartermaster shall buy 
and issue all supplies for the Naval Cadets; buy and issue all provisions for the mess; 
and shall supervise the mess. The Quartermaster shall make a monthly report to the 
Academic Board with respect to matters under his authority. 
SECTION 7. a) The President of the Philippines is hereby authorized to appoint 
to the Naval Academy annually, subject to such physical and mental examinations as 
he may prescribed, the number of Naval Cadets necessary to maintain the Cadet 
Corps. Naval cadets shall be selected from among the candidates shall be selected 
from among candidates as hereinafter provided. 
b) 
A quote of one (I) 
member of the Naval Cadet Corps, hereinafter referred 
to as Congressional quota shall be allotted to each Congressional District: 
Provided, That in case no candidate from a given Congressional District 
attains the required minimum ratings, the vacancies in the Congressional 


quota shall be filled .by the President from successful candidates at large 
with the highest ratings: Provided, however, That a quota of four (4) 
members of the Naval Cadet Corps shall be filled by the President, directly 
without Congressional nominations: Provided, further, That a quota of 
eight (8 members of this Naval Cadet Corps shall be filled by the 
President directly , without Congressional nominations, from qualified 
candidates with the highest rating who are enlisted men of the Regular 
Force and have completed at least one (1) year of the active military 
service and are in active status at the time admission; Provided, still, 
further, That a quota of four (4) members of the Naval Cadet Corps shall 
be filled by the President directly, without Congressional nomination, from 
qualified candidates with the highest ratings who are sons of enlisted men 
who are serving or who have honorably served for a period of at least six 
(6) months on the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Philippines: 
Provided, furthermore, That physically qualified sons of military personnel 
who have been cited for and awarded the medal for valor may be 
appointed as naval Cadets by the 
President directly, without 
Congressional nomination, and mental examination; Provided, finally, That 
a quota on one (I) 
foreign country maintaining diplomatic relations with 
the Republic of the Philippines on the condition that the pay and 
allowance, per diems and traveling expenses of such Naval Cadet be 
borne by his country. 
The student body of the Naval Academy shall be known as the Naval 
Cadet Corps of the Regular Naval Force of the Philippines. 
SECTION 8. To be eligible for admission, a candidate must be: 
a) 
b) 
years of age on the first day of April of the year of admission; and 
c) 
Natural -born citizen of the Philippines; 
At least seventeen (17) years of age but not more than twenty two (22) 
A successful participant in the prescribed physical and mental examination 
SECTION 9. 
The pay and allowances of the Naval Cadets at the Naval 
Academy shall be fixed by the Presider/t of the Philippines. 
SECTION I O .  a) Corps of the Naval Cadets shall be divided into companies as 
directed but the Academic Board for the purpose of military instruction. 
b) 
A Naval Cadet shall perform duties at such places and of such types as 
the President may direct. 


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c) 
d) 
The course of instruction at the Naval Academy is four (4) years, 
The Academic Board shall so arrange the course of studies at the 
Academy that Naval Cadets are not required to pursue their studies on 
Sunday. 
The Naval Cadet Corps shall be trained in the duties of embers of the 
Regular Naval Force at least three (3) months each year. 
e) 
SECTION 11. Any person, except foreign cadets, who shall, after entrance to 
the Naval Academy and before completion of the prescribed course of training, be found 
to be physically unfit for military duty by reason of injury or disease incident to the 
service, shall be retirees and shall be entitled to the retirement pay and allowance as an 
Ensign in the Regular Naval Force. 
SECTION 12. Subject to the approval of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces 
of the Philippines, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, with the assistance of the 
members of the Academic Board, shall issue rules and regulations preventing hazing 
and prescribe suspension , dismissal and other adequate punishment for violation 
thereof. 
If a Naval Cadet is charged with violating any rule or regulation issued pursuant 
to this section, the penalty of which is dismissal from the Naval Academy, a request on 
writing for a trial by a General Court Martial may be submitted; 
A Naval Cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing shall not be re-appointed 
to any military school and shall be ineligible for appointment, as a commissioned officer 
in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SECTION 13. Upon satisfactory completion of the course of instruction at the 
Naval Academy, the Naval Cadet shall be commissioned Ensign in the Regular Naval 
Forcer, with the relative rank in the order of final general standing as determined by the 
academic Board of the Naval Academy and approved by the Chief of Staff of the Armed 
Forces of the Philippines. 
SECTION 14. The initial budget necessary for the establishment of the Naval 
Academy shall be charged to the appropriation of the Department of National Defense, 
Thereafter, the amount necessary for the operation, improvement and maintenance of 
the Naval Academy shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act. 


. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation, 
whichever comes earlier. 
Approved,