THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Fivst ReguInv Session 
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RECElVED BY: 
S E N A T E  
S.B. No. 
882 
Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. Angara 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to amend Republic Act No. 340, otherwise known as An 
Act to Establish A Uniform Retirement System for the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines, which covers the retirement of military personnel prior to 10 
September 1979. 
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Section 3 of the Act provides for the payment of benefits to survivors of 
retired military personnel but it specifically excludes from entitlement to such 
benefits the widow of a retired officer or enlisted man whose marriage to the 
officer or enlisted man was contracted after his retirement from the military 
service. This provision is clearly discriminative against widows who married 
their husbands after they have retired. Husbands who, though already advanced 
in years, still need companionship, care and attention. 
In contrast, Republic Act No. 6948, as amended by Republic Act No. 7696, 
provides benefits to a veteran's unmarried widow without regard to the date of 
her marriage to the veteran. 
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There is a need to consolidate and unify laws pertinent to the retirement 
benefits of our military personnel as part of the measures to strengthen our 
Armed Forces. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this measure is 
earnestly sought. 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
S E N A T E  
882 
S.B. No. 
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REGE1VEOBY: 
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Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. Angara 
AN ACT 
FURTHER AMENDING SECTION THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 
AS THE ARMED FORCES 
LAW. 
THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY, AS A 
NDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Entitlement of Widows and Orphans, - Section 3 of RA 340, 
as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
"SECTION3. 
Upon the death of an officer or enlisted man 
who has been retired or would, at the time when he died, have been 
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entitled to retire under 
Section one of this Act, the surviving 
legitimate, adopted or acknowledged natural children of such officer 
or enlisted man and/or widow, shall be entitled to receive in equal 
shares and with the right of accretion, seventy-five per centum of the 
annual retirement pay which the officer or enlisted man was receiving 
or would have been entitled to receive if he had not died, the said 
amount to be payable in equal monthly installments: Provided, That no 
payment under this section shall be made to children after they have 
attained the age of twenty-one years or have married, nor to the 
widow if she remarries." Xxx [Provided, finally, That no payment 
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whatever shall be made to the widow if her marriage to the deceased 
officer or enlisted man was con$a*cted after his retirement from the 
service]. 
SECTION 2. Repealing Clause. All laws and rules and regulations or 
parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
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SECTION 3. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,