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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Introduced by SENATOR C O ~ P A ~ € ~ A  
PIA S. CAYETANO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Republic Act No. 8291 or the GSlS Law entitles a GSlS member to 
monthly pension after helshe has rendered at least fifteen (15) years of service 
and ,is at least sixty (60) years of age at the time of retirement. On t e other 
hand, Republic Act No. 910 or the retirement law for members of the udiciary 
requires a Justice or Judge to render at least twenty (20) years of servi e in the 
Judiciary or in any other branch of the government before helshe can b .entitled 
In line with the GSlS Law, this bill seeks to reduce to fifteen (15) years of 
service in the Judiciary or in any other branch of the Government or in both, the 
eligibility of a Justice or Judge who retires at the compulsory age of seventy (70) 
years, for the basic monthly pension for life to start at the end of the 5-year 
guaranteed period. Five years after retirement, the lump sum received by a 70- 
year old Justice or Judge is already depleted and he/she now needs the basic 
monthly pension for life for hislher support, medical and other needs, as well as 
that of his/her family. At the age of seventy-five ( 7 9  a retired Judge or Justice is 
already deteriorating in health and is afflicted with different kinds of disease 
brought about by old age and weakened body resistance. Now in their twilight 
years, these retired Justices and Judges need the additional financial assistance 
and support which the Government can provide them after having devoted the 
best years of their lives to public service. This bill, thus, will benefit the surviving 
retired members of the Judiciary who are only a few in number and who may only 
have a few more years to live. 
to monthly pension. 
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The immediate approval of this bill is recommended. 
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S. CWYETANO 
Senator 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by SENATOR COMPARERA PIA S. CAYETANQ 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF ALL ~
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 910. A 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 910, as amended, is hereby 
further amended to read as follows: 
SECTION 1 ,  When a justice of the Supreme Court [,I [or of the] Court of ppeals 
[,] SANDIGANBAYAN OR COURT OF TAX APPEALS, OR a judge of [ ourt of 
First Instance] THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, [Agrarian Relations, [Tax 
Appeals], 
[Industrial 
Relations], 
[Juvenile 
and 
Domestic 
Re ations]: 
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL' 'TRIAL COURT, MUN \ CIPAL 
CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT [or a city or municipal Judge], SHARI'A DISTRICT 
COURT, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURT OR ANY OTHER COURT HEREAFTER' 
ESTABLISHED who has rendered at least FIFTEEN (15) [twenty (20)J years 
service in the judiciary or in any other branch of the Government, or in both (a) 
retires after having attained the age of seventy years or (b) resigns by reason of 
his incapacity to discharge the duties of his office, he shall receive during the, 
residue of his natural life, in the manner hereinafter provided, the salary he was 
receiving at the time of his retirement, or resignation. And when a justice of the 
Supreme Court [,I [or of the] Court of Appeals[,] SANDIGANBAYAN OR COURT+ 
OF TAX APPEALS, OR a judge of [Court of First Instance], THE REGIONAL' 
TRIAL COURT, [Agrarian Relations], [Tax Appeals], [Industrial Relations], 
[Juvenile 
and 
Domestic 
Relations], 
METROPOLITAN 
TRIAL 
COURT.,. 
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, [or a city 0:' 
municipal judge], SHARI'A DISTRICT COURT, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURT OR 
ANY OTHER HEREAFTER ESTABLISHED, has attained the age of sixty years 
and has rendered at least FIFTEEN (15) [twenty (20)] years service in the' 
Government, the last five (5) of which shall have been continuously rendered in 
the Judiciary, he shall likewise be entitled to retire and receive during the residue 
of his natural life also in the manner hereinafter provided, the salary he was then 
receiving. It is a condition of the pension provided for herein that no retiring 
justice or judge of a court of record or city or municipal judge during the time that 
he is receiving said pension shall appear as counsel before any court in any civil 
case wherein the Government or any subdivision or instrumentality hereof is the 
adverse party, or in any criminal case wherein an officer or an 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, national, provincial or municipal, or to any of 
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its legally constituted officers. It is also a condition of the pension provided for 
herein that when a member of the judiciary entitled to the benefits of this Act shall 
assume an elective public office, he shall not, upon assumption of office and 
during his term, receive the monthly pension due him. 
SECTION 2. Such amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
amendatory Act is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated. 
SECTION 3. Ail laws, decrees, rules or regulations or parts thereof 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SECTION 4. This Act shall have retroactive effect insofar as it will affect 
the members of the Judiciary who have already retired. However, the monetary 
benefit shall be computed only from the enactment of the law. 
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the 
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in any two (2) newspapers 
of general circulation. 
._Approved:-