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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives ERIC G. YAP, PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, 
EDVIC G. YAP and JEFFREY SORIANO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution recognizes the vital role of the judiciary as among the three 
branches of the government. However, despite such mandate, the judiciary does not 
have a standardized retirement law for its judicial officials with judicial rank, salary, 
and privileges, who, on the other hand, have also performed their duties alongside 
the justices and judges. 
While the number of Supreme Court resolutions tells us that its basis and intention in 
granting the retirement privileges of its judicial officials with judicial rank, salary, and 
privileges is still Republic Act No. 9101, the amendment made by Republic Act No. 
9946 has limited the former’s application to the members of the judiciary only. Worse, 
the GSIS Act of 1997 has excluded these judiciary officials with judicial rank, salary, 
and privileges in the GSIS’s coverage and thereafter refunded their contribution in the 
GSIS fund. Thus, while the members of the judiciary continue to retire by the virtue 
of RA 910, as amended by RA 9946, the judicial officials with judicial rank, salary, and 
privileges are left with no retirement benefits despite years of dedicated service.  
The aforementioned circumstances do not only cause ambiguity of the law but as well 
as the gross violation of the equal protection clause. It is in this regard that this bill 
seeks to provide a uniform application of retirement benefits under Republic Act No. 
1 Re: Application for Retirement under Republic Act No. 910, as amended, of Atty. Ma. Luisa L. Laurea, Division 
Clerk of Court, Second Division, Supreme Court, AM No. 13987 – Ret., August 9, 2011 
January 24, 2023
12:24 pm
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910 not only to the members of the judiciary but also to the judicial officials with 
judicial rank, salary, and privileges, in honor of their invaluable service to the country. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
ERIC G. YAP 
PAOLO Z. DUTERTE 
       EDVIC G. YAP 
       JEFFREY SORIANO 


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
1st Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representatives ERIC G. YAP, PAOLO Z. DUTERTE, 
EDVIC G. YAP and JEFFREY SORIANO 
AN ACT 
STANDARDIZING THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND 
JUDICIARY OFFICIALS CONFERRED WITH JUDICIAL RANK, SALARY AND 
PRIVILEGES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR 
THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 910, AS AMENDED 
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 by Republic Act 
No. 9946, is further amended to read as follows: 
“Section 1. When a Justice of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, 
the Sandiganbayan, or of the Court of Tax Appeals, or a Judge of the 
regional trial court, metropolitan trial court, municipal trial court, 
municipal circuit trial court, shari’a district court, shari’a circuit court, or 
any other court hereafter established, OR A JUDICIARY OFFICIAL 
CONFERRED WITH THE SAME RANK AS A JUSTICE OR A JUDGE 
OF SAID COURTS, who has rendered at least fifteen (15) years of service 
in the Judiciary or in any other branch of the Government, or in both, (a) 
retires for having attained the age of seventy years, or (b) resigns by 
reason of his/her incapacity to discharge the duties of his/her office as 
certified by the Supreme Court, he/she shall receive during the residue of 
his/her natural life, in the manner hereinafter provided, the salary 
[which] plus the highest monthly aggregate of transportation, 
representation and other allowances such as personal economic relief 
allowance (PERA) and additional compensation allowance which he/she 
was receiving at the time of his/her retirement, or resignation, and non-
wage benefit in the form of education scholarship to one (1) child of all 
Justices, [and] Judges, OR JUDICIARY OFFICIALS, to free tuition fee in 
a state university or college, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE 
AVAILMENT OF RIGHTS TO FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION 
UNDER EXISTING LAWS: Provided, That such grant will cover only one 
(1) bachelor’s degree. When a Justice of the Sandiganbayan or of the Court
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of Tax Appeals, or a Judge of the regional trial court, metropolitan trial 
court, municipal trial court, municipal circuit trial court, shari’a district 
court, shari’a circuit court, or any other court hereafter established, OR A 
JUDICIARY OFFICIAL CONFERRED WITH THE SAME RANK AS A 
JUSTICE OR A JUDGE OF SAID COURTS, has attained the age of sixty 
(60) years and has rendered at least fifteen (15) years service in the 
Government, the last three (3) of which shall have been continuously 
rendered in the Judiciary, he/she shall likewise be entitled to retire and 
receive during the residue of his/her natural life also in the manner 
hereinafter provided, the salary plus the highest monthly aggregate of 
transportation, representation and other allowances such as personal 
economic relief allowance (PERA) and additional compensation 
allowance which he/she was then receiving and the non-wage benefit in 
the form of education scholarship to one (1) child of all Justices, [and] 
Judges, OR JUDICIARY OFFICIALS, to free tuition fee in a state 
university or college, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE AVAILMENT 
OF RIGHTS TO FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION UNDER EXISTING 
LAWS: Provided, however, That any Justice, [or] Judge, OR JUDICIARY 
OFFICIAL with less than fifteen (15) years service in the Government or 
Judiciary, who shall retire due to reasons hereinabove provided, shall be 
entitled to a pro-rata monthly pension computed as follows: 
 
Number of years in the Government or 
Judiciary 
                                                                  X    
15 years 
Basic pay plus the highest monthly 
aggregate 
transportation, 
representation and other allowances 
(PERA and additional compensation 
allowance) 
 
It is a condition of the pension provided for herein that no retiring Justice, 
[or] Judge, OR JUDICIARY OFFICIAL CONFERRED WITH THE 
SAME RANK AS A JUSTICE OR A JUDGE of the aforementioned 
courts or his/her surviving spouse receiving the benefits of this Act 
during the time that he/she is receiving the said pension shall appear as 
counsel before any court in any civil case wherein the government or any 
subdivision or instrumentality thereof is the adverse party, or in any 
criminal case wherein an incumbent or former officer or employee of the 
government is accused of an offense committed in relation to his/her 
office, or collect any fee for his/her appearance in any administrative 
proceedings to maintain an interest to the Government, national, 
provincial or municipal, or to any of its legally constituted officers. [It is 
also a condition of the pension provided for herein that when a member 
of the judiciary or his/her surviving spouse entitled to the benefits of this 
Act shall assume an elective public office, he/she shall not, upon 
assumption of office and during his/her term, receive the monthly 
pension due to him/her.]” 
 
 


 
 
 
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SEC. 2. Section 3-A of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as 
follows: 
 
“SEC. 3-A. All pension benefits of retired members of the Judiciary AND 
JUDICIARY OFFICIALS WITH JUDICIAL RANK, SALARY AND 
PRIVILEGES shall be automatically increased whenever there is an 
increase in the salary AND ALLOWANCES of the same position from 
which [he/she] THEY retired. 
 
SEC. 3. Section 3-B of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as 
follows: 
 
“SEC. 3-B. The benefits under this Act shall be granted to all those who 
have retired prior to the effectivity of this Act, INCLUDING 
JUDICIARY OFFICIALS WITH JUDICIAL RANK, SALARY AND 
PRIVILEGES WHO COMPULSORILY RETIRED AT THE AGE OF 
SIXTY-FIVE (65) YEARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW AT THE 
TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT, AND THOSE WHO AVAILED 
THEMSELVES OF OPTIONAL OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT 
UNDER THIS ACT; Provided, [That the benefits shall be applicable only 
to members of the Judiciary, Provided further] That the benefits to be 
granted shall be prospective.” 
 
SEC. 4. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall 
be charged against the current year’s savings of the Judiciary. Thereafter, such sums 
as may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in 
the annual General Appropriations Act. 
 
SEC. 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full 
force and effect. 
 
SEC. 6. All laws, rules, regulations, orders, circulars and other issuances or 
parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
 
Approved,