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Introduced by SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A UNIFIED SYSTEM FOR SEPARATION, RETIREMENT, AND 
PENSION OF THE MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL (MUP) 
SERVICES OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING THE 
MILITARY AND UNIFORM PERSONNEL RETIREMENT FUND AUTHORITY, 
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Under Section 8 of Article XVI of the Constitution, it was provided that -
"The State shall, from time to time, review to Increase the pensions and other 
benefits due to retirees of both the government and the private sectors. "l
This bill seeks to provide a mechanism for our government to balance and 
sustain financial flexibility, while also guaranteeing our men and women in uniform 
that the State can and will continue to provide suitable benefits and remuneration to 
them, as there is a need to ensure and maintain a viable pension system.
"THE 1987 CONSTUUnON of the REPUBUC of the PHIUPPINES - ARTICLE XVI / GOVPH." Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, 2020,
www.officlalgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-
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This measure would also be correspondingly valuable to the modernization of 
the State's national defense, in order to continuously enhance Its capability of 
protecting our country.
In this light, the immediate passage of this bill is highly recommended.
NGGpY E3ERCITO ESTRADA


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Introduced by SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A UNIFIED SYSTEM FOR SEPARATION, RETIREMENT, AND 
PENSION OF THE MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL (MUP) 
SERVICES OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING THE 
MILITARY AND UNIFORM PERSONNEL RETIREMENT FUND AUTHORITY, 
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the "Military and Uniformed
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Personnel Services Separation, Retirement, and Pension Act of 2022."
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Title I
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Declaration of Policy
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. The State duly recognizes the vital role of
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military and uniformed personnel in providing internal and external security,
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promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety, and further strengthening local
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government capability, aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the
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citizenry.
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The State also recognizes the extraordinary hazards, risks, perils, and dangers
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that military and uniformed personnel encounter In the performance of their duties.
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It shall therefore be the prime concern of the State to provide all military and
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benefits and pension. The State shall ensure that the retirement benefits and pension
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scheme of the military and uniformed personnel is secure, reliable, and sustainable.
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Title II
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Definition of Terms
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Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act:
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a. "Military and Uniformed Services" shall refer to the Armed Forces of the Philippines
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(AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Fire
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Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Bureau of
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Corrections (BuCor), and employees of National Mapping and Resource Information
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Agency (NAMRIA) who were Philippine Navy officers and enlisted personnel and
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members of the defunct Philippine Navy Coast and Geodetic Survey that became the
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nucleus of the NAMRIA:
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b. "New Entrants" shall refer to military and uniformed personnel from the Military and
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Uniformed Services who entered the Military and Uniformed Services after the
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effectivity of this Act;
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c. "Active Members" shall refer to military and uniformed personnel from the Military
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and Uniformed Services In the Active Service, and those who shall enter into the
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Military and Uniformed Services before the effectivity of this Act;
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d. "Active Service" shall mean Active Service rendered by a Military or Uniformed
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Services Personnel as a commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, enlisted
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personnel, cadet, probationary officer, trainee or draftee in the Military or Uniformed
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Services and service rendered by him/her as a civilian official or employee in the
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Philippine Government prior to the date of his/her separation or retirement from the
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Military or Uniformed Services, for which armed and/or civilian service he/she shall
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have received pay from the Philippine Government and/or such others as may
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hereafter be prescribed by law as Active Service; Provided, that for purposes of
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retirement, he/she shall have rendered at least ten (10) years of Active Service as an
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no period of such civilian government service longer than his/her active armed service
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shall be credited for purposes of retirement: Provided, finally, that service rendered
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as a cadet, probationary officer, trainee or draftee In the Military or Uniformed Services
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shall be credited for retirement purposes with a maximum of four (4) years, subject
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to applicable rules and regulations;
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e. "Total permanent physical disability" shall mean the anatomical loss or the
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permanent loss of use of both hands, of both feet, of both eyes, of both ears or any
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combination, or loss of mental faculties, as determined by the medical board created
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for the purpose;
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f. "Survivors" shall mean:
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1. Surviving spouse of a deceased Military or Uniformed Services Personnel not legally
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separated by judicial decree from the deceased issued on grounds not attributable to
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said spouse, and such marriage was contracted during the Active Service of the
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deceased: Provided, that entitlement of said spouse to benefits under this Act shall
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terminate upon re-marriage or co-habitation with another, or the commission of any
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of the acts amounting to "physical violence", "sexual violence", "psychological
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violence", or "economic abuse" against the biological or adopted children of the
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deceased as defined in Republic Act No. 9262, as determined by a Board created for
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the purpose; Provided, further. That the conviction of the surviving spouse of any
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crime, which carries a penalty of imprisonment of more than six (6) years and one (1)
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day, the conception of a child after the death of the deceased, or loss of Philippine
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Citizenship shall terminate the entitlement of such surviving spouse to benefits under
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this Act;
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2. Surviving legitimate, adopted and illegitimate children of a deceased Military or
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Uniformed Services Personnel conceived, adopted or acknowledged prior to separation
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or retirement of the parent from active service: Provided, that entitlement of said
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children to benefits under this Act shall terminate when such children attain twenty-
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one (21) years of age or upon marriage, whichever is earlier: Provided, further, that
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children who suffer from total permanent disability as defined in this Act, shall be
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conviction of the surviving child of any crime which carries a penalty of imprisonment 
of more than six (6) years and one (1) day. or loss of Philippine Citizenship shall 
terminate the entitlement of such child to benefits under this Act;
3. In default of those mentioned In sub-paragraphs f (1) and (2) above, surviving 
parents of a deceased Military or Uniformed Services Personnel who are primarily 
dependent on the deceased for support, or in default thereof, surviving siblings who 
are under twenty-one (21) years of age and unmarried: Provided, That the conviction 
of the parent or sibling of the deceased for any crime which carries a penalty of 
Imprisonment of more than six (6) years and one (1) day, or loss of Philippine 
Citizenship shall terminate the entitlement of such parent or sibling to benefits under 
this Act;
g. "Death or physical disability in line of duty" shall refer to death, illness or injury 
incurred while in the Active Service and not attended by misconduct, willful failure, 
the use of drugs or alcoholic liquor or vicious or immoral habits.
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Applicability
Sec. 4. Applicability. -This Act shall apply only to all new entrants of the Military 
and Uniformed Services unless otherwise specified In the succeeding provisions of this 
Act.
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Title IV
Retirement
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Sec. 5. Compulsory Retirement - The following active Military or Uniformed
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Services Personnel shall be compulsorily retired:
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a. Those who attain the age of sixty five (65); provided, that he/she has
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accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service;
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b. Those who suffer death in line of duty: provided, that he/she has accumulated
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c. Those who incur total permanent physical disability in line of duty: Provided, 
That he/she has accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active 
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d. Those who are killed in action;
e. Those who are wounded In action and Incur total permanent physical disability 
as a result thereof;
f. Those subject to attrition, as provided in Section 8 of this Act; provided, that 
he/she has accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service: 
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g. Those separated by the appropriate Disciplinary Board under Section 14 of this 
Act; provided, that he/she has accumulated at least thirty (30) years of 
satisfactory Active Service.
Sec. 6. Voluntary Retirement - Upon accumulation of at least thirty (30) years of 
satisfactory Active Service, a Military or Uniformed Services Personnel may, at his/her 
own request, be retired from Active Service, subject to the approval of appropriate 
authority as provided in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act.
Title V 
Separation
Sec. 7. Compulsory Separation. -The following Military or Uniformed Services 
Personnel shall be compulsorily separated from the Active Service:
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a. Those who attain the age of sixty five (65) without having accumulated at least
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thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service;
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c. Those who incur total permanent physical disability in line of duty but without having
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accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service;
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d. Those subject to attrition, as provided in Section 8 of this Act, without having
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accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service; or
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e. Those separated by the appropriate Disciplinary Board under Section 14 of this Act
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without having accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service.
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Sec. 8. Attrition. -The attrition systems of Military or Uniformed Services shall
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be provided for in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act.
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Sec. 9. Voluntary Separation. - A Military or Uniformed Services Personnel, who
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has not accumulated at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory Active Service, may, at
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his/her own request, resign from Active Service, subject to the approval of appropriate
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authority as provided In the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act.
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Sec. 10. Gratuity and Retirement Pay. - When a Military or Uniformed Services
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Personnel is retired under Title IV of this Act, he/she shall, at his/her option, receive:
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a. Gratuity Pay - equivalent to one (1) month of base and longevity pay of the
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permanent grade last held for every year of service payable In one (1) lump sum; or
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b. Retirement Pay - a monthly retirement pay equivalent to two and one-half percent
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(2 1/2%) for each year of Active Service rendered, but not exceeding ninety percent
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(90%) of the monthly base and longevity pay of the permanent grade last held;
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provided, further, that when he/she retires, he/she shall be entitled to receive a lump
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sum equal to eighteen (18) months of his monthly retirement pay, and thereafter
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receive his/her annual retirement pay payable In equal monthly installments upon
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reaching sixty (60) years of age; provided, finally, that if he/she dies before his/her
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retirement pay begins to accrue, and is survived by beneficiaries as defined in this Act,
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Pension payments for those retired under Title IV shall commence immediately
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after their retirement from the service, except for those retired due to Attrition under
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Section 5 (f). Honorably Discharged under Section 5 (g), and those who avail of
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Voluntary Retirement under Section 6 shall be eligible to receive monthly retirement
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pay only upon reaching the age of sixty (60); provided, further, that the retirement
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pay of those that are Killed In Action under Section 5 (d), and those that are Wounded
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in Action resulting in Total Permanent Disability shall be computed at the rate of ninety
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(90%) of their monthly base and longevity pay regardless of their years in Active
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Service: provided, finally, that nothing in this Section shall be construed as authorizing
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adjustment of pay, or payment of any differential in retirement pay to Military
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or Uniformed Services Personnel who are already retired prior to the approval of this
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Act as a result of increases in salaiy of those In the Active Service may have their
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retirement pension adjusted based on the rank they hold and on the prevailing pay of
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military personnel in the Active Service, at the time of the termination of their recall
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to Active Service.
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Sec. 11. Separation Pay. - Except for those provided for in Section 13 of this
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Act, when a Military or Uniformed Services Personnel is separated from the service
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under Section 7 and Section 9 of Title V of this Act, he/she, or his/her survivors as
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defined in this Act, shall receive a separation pay equivalent to one-month base plus
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longevity pay of the permanent grade he/she holds for every year of Active Service:
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provided, that nothing In this Section shall be construed as authorizing adjustment of
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pay, or payment of any differential in separation pay to Military or Uniformed Services
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Personnel who are already retired or separated from the service prior to the approval
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of this Act as a result of increases In salary granted to Military or Uniformed Services
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Personnel in Active Service.
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Sec. 12. Survivorship Benefits. -The qualified survivors, as defined in this Act, of
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a deceased Military or Uniformed Services Personnel retired under Title IV, and
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Section 7 (b) and 7 (c) of Title V of this Act shall be entitled to a monthly annuity
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equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of his/her monthly retirement pay which
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he/she was receiving to be divided among them in equal shares and with the right of
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accretion; provided, that the minimum monthly annuity to be received shall be
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Sec. 13. Benefits for Death and Total Permanent Disability in Line of Duty. - A 
Military or Uniformed Services Personnel separated under Section 7(b) and 7(c) of 
Title V of this Act shall be entitled to a monthly life annuity the amount of which shall 
be fifty per centum (50%) of the base and longevity pay computed on the basis of 
his/her actual rank held at time of death or disability.
Sec. 14. Separation by the Disciplinary Board. - A Military or Uniformed Services 
Personnel referred to and found by the appropriate Disciplinary Board not fit for 
retention in the Active Service because of substandard performance, low potentiality, 
doubtful Integrity and/or acts inconsistent with the best interest of the service shall be 
separated from the Active Service, subject to the approval of appropriate Disciplining 
Authority as provided in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act; provided, 
that the Disciplining Authority, based on the facts and circumstances of the case, shall 
determine whether the subject Military or Uniformed Services Personnel shall be 
granted an Honorable Discharge and is entitled to receive benefits under Sections 10 
or 11, as applicable, of Title VI of this Act, otherwise, all benefits under this act shall 
be forfeited.
Sec. 15. Disability Pension. - A Military or Uniformed Services Personnel retired for 
disability which is the proximate result of wounds or injuries received or sickness or 
disease incurred In line of duty or as a battle casualty shall receive, in addition to the 
other benefits under this Act, Disability Pension fixed as follows:
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If and while the disability is rated twenty-five percent (25%), the monthly 
pension shall be PHP 2,500.00;
If and while the disability is rated fifty percent (50%), the monthly pension 
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pension shall be PHP 7,000.00;
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e. If and while the disability Is rated eighty percent (80%), the monthly pension
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shall be PHP 8,000.00;
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f. If and while the disability Is rated one hundred percent (90%), the monthly
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pension shall be PHP 9,000.00; or
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pension shall be PHP 10,000.00.
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Sec. 16. Manner of Increase of Pension Benefits. - The automatic indexing of
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Gratuity and Retirement Pay, and Survivorship Benefits of pensioners with the salary
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increases of active Military and Uniformed Services Personnel is hereby terminated.
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Pension benefits shall be reviewed annually and increases and/or adjustments in
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recommendation of the actuary of the Pension Fund and approved by the Board of
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Directors of the Fund Manager of the Military and Uniformed Personnel Retirement
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Fund (MUPRF).
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Sec. 17. Creation of the Military and Uniformed Personnel Fund Authority. - For the
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purpose of carrying out and effecting the declared policy, as provided for in Section 2
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hereof, there is hereby created a government instrumentality with corporate powers
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as defined in Section 3 (n) of Republic Act No. 10149 or the GOCC Governance Act of
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2011, to be known as the Military and Uniformed Personnel Fund Authority which shall
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be organized within six (6) months from the approval of this Act. The Authority shall
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execute its powers and functions through its Board of Directors, In such a manner, as
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Sec. 18. Board of Directors, Composition. -The powers and functions of the
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Authority shall be exercised by the Board of Directors composed by the Chairman and
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President of the Authority, which shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines,
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and ten (10) other members: four (4) of whom shall be ex-officio Members from the
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Department of National Defense, Department of the Interior and Local Government,
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Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, Department of Finance and
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Department of Budget and Management as designated by the concerned Department
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Secretary from the undersecretaries of the concerned Departments: another three (3)
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shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from the banking, finance,
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investment, and insurance sector, and one (1) shall be appointed by the President of
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the Philippines from the legal profession. The Board of Directors shall elect from
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amongst themselves a Vice-Chairman.
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The Members of the Board the Department Undersecretaries, shall hold office
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for six (6) years without reappointment, or until their successors are duly appointed
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and qualified. Vacancy, other than through the expiration of the term, shall be filled
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for the unexpired term only: provided, that, the Chairman and President shall be
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initially appointed to a six (6) year term, and one (1) member to a five (5) year term,
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one (1) member to a four (4) year term, one (1) member to a three (3) year term,
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and the representative from the legal profession to an Initial term of two (2) years.
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Sec. 19. Funding Sources. - Aside from the initial proposed capitalization, the
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MUPRF shall be funded through the following:
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a. Mandatory Contributions. -It shall be mandatory for New Entrants and Active
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Members to contribute a percentage of their monthly compensation as their personal
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share to the MUPRF, the National Government shall allocate its share in the
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contribution sourced from the annual General Appropriations Act, allocated as follows:
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1. For the first three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act, New Entrants and
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Active Members shall contribute five percent (5%) of their monthly base and
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longevity pay as personal share, while the National Government shall provide
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2. After such period, for the next three years. New Entrants and Active Members 
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3. For every year thereafter. New Entrants and Active Members shall contribute 
nine percent (9%) and the National Government shall provide eighteen percent 
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4. Additional funds to cover past service of Active Members subject to the 
recommendation of the actuai7 of the Pension Fund and approved by the Board 
of Directors of the Fund Manager of the Milita^ and Uniformed Personnel 
Retirement Fund (MUPRF).
b. Additional Sources of Funding. - Additional funds for the maintenance of the 
MUPRF shall be sourced from the proceeds derived from the lease, joint development, 
or disposition of the assets of the Millta^ and Uniformed Services, and other 
government properties identified for that purpose.
Sec. 20. Termination of Other Contributions of the Same Nature. - Upon the 
effectivity of this Act, other mandator contributions by Millta^ and Uniformed 
Services Personnel in the same nature and purpose, for their retirement benefits and 
pension, shall immediately cease and be subject to the provisions of this Act instead.
Sec. 21. Retirement Grade. - Miiita^ and Uniformed Services members, officers 
and other ranks, covered under this Act shall be retired In the grade they hold at the 
time of their retirement.
Title VIII
General Provisions
Sec. 22. Retired List. -Milita^and Uniformed Service Personnel retired under Title 
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Services. The name of a retiree who loses his/her Filipino citizenship shall be removed
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from the Retired List and his/her retirement benefits terminated upon such loss.
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shall be subject to the Articles of War and may be recalled at any time by the President
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to Active Service in the permanent grade last held upon retirement. Flis/her refusal to
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perform such duty shall be a ground for court-martial under Article 97 of the Articles
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of War and subsequent termination of payments of benefits as determined by the
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court martial.
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of the permanent grade last held and shall continue to be carried in the retired list
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and shall be eligible for promotion in the retired list as long as he/she remains in active
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status.
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Sec. 24. Non-Encumbrance of Benefits. -The benefits authorized under this Act,
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except as provided herein, shall not be subject to attachment, garnishment, levy,
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execution or any tax whatsoever; neither shall they be assigned, ceded, or conveyed
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to any third person; provided, that If a retired or separated Military or Uniformed
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Services Personnel who is entitled to any benefit under this Act has unsettled money
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and/or property accountabilities incurred while in the Active Service, not more than
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fifty percent (50%) of the pension gratuity or other payment due such Military or
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Uniformed Services Personnel or his/her survivors under this Act may be withheld and
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be applied to settle such accountabilities.
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Sec. 25. Accrual of Benefits to Personnel Separated by Court Martial. - The benefits
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authorized under this Act shall accrue to AFP Personnel separated by court martial
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action except when non-entitlement of such benefits Is expressly adjudged by the
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military court and approved by the approving authority.
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Sec. 26. Non-Diminution of Benefits. - Nothing in this Act shall be construed in any
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manner to reduce whatever retirement and separation pay or gratuity or other
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monetary benefits which any person is heretofore receiving or is entitled to receive
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Sec. 27. Penal Clause. - Any person found to have participated directly or
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indirectly in the commission of fraud, falsification, misrepresentation of facts, collusion
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or any similar anomaly in the issuance of any certificate or document for any purpose
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connected with this Act shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than
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the amount defrauded but not more than threefold such amount and/or Imprisonment
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of not less than six (6) months and one (1) day to six (6) years and perpetual
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disqualification from holding public office and from practicing any profession or calling
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licensed by the government.
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Sec. 28. Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty days (60) days upon the effectivity
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of this Act, the Department of Finance, Department of National Defense, Department
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of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Justice, Department of
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Transportation, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government
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Service Insurance System, and the Department of Budget and Management, in
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coordination with the AFP, PNP, PCG, BJMP, BFP, BuCor and NAMRIA and other
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relevant offices shall formulate and issue the Implementing Rules and Regulations
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necessary for the effective implementation hereof.
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Sec. 29. Repealing and Modifying Clause. - Presidential Decree No. 1656,
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Presidential Decree No. 1638, Republic Act No. 340, Republic Act No. 5976, Republic
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Act No. 6975, Republic Act No. 8551, Republic Act No. 9263, Republic Act No. 9993,
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Republic Act No. 10575, and all laws, rules and regulations, and other Issuances or
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parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
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repealed or modified accordingly.
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Sec. 30. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held Invalid or
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision or part not otherwise
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Sec. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
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complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of
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general circulation.
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