Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no.” pep

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
LOWERING THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS OF THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP),
BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AND BUREAU OF
CORRECTION (BUCOR), AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED,
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10575, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

To intention of this bill is to simply repeal the minimum height requirements for
applicants to the PNP, BFP and BJMP with the belief that each person has the right to
equal employment opportunity.

The height requirements enforced for those who want to serve in the Philippine
National Police (PNP), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and the Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology (BUMP) are discriminatory. Height has no relation nor
relevance to competence, drive and passion for positions In 2018, the National Police
Commission removed the height requirement for those who would want to take the
PNP entrance exam but not for police recruitment. in these institutions.

This proposed bill seeks to ensure that every Filipinos, regardless of height, will be
given opportunity to be a member of the PNP, BFP, BJMP, and BuCor and have the
chance to serve and protect our country and its citizens.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought

AL al
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7520

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
LOWERING THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS OF THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP),
BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AND BUREAU OF
CORRECTION (BUCOR), AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED,
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10575, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "PNP, BFP, BJMP and BuCor
Height Equality Act."

Section. 2. Section 30 of Republic Act No. 6975, as amended, is further amended to
read as follows:

"Sec. 30. General Qualifications for Appointment — No person shall be appointed as
officer or member of the PNP unless he or she possesses the following minimum
qualifications:

h) Must be at least one meter and [sixty-two] FIFTY8 SEVEN centimeters [(1.62 m.)]
(1.57 M.) in height for male and one meter and [fifty-seven] FIFTY-TWO centimeters
[(1.57 m,)] (1.52 M.) for female: PROVIDED, THAT A WAIVER FOR HEIGHT
REQUIREMENT SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY GRANTED TO APPLICANTS
BELONGING TO THE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES;


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“After the lapse of the time period for the satisfaction of a specific requirement, current
members of the PNP who will fail to satisfy any of the requirements enumerated under
this Section shall be separated from the service if they are below fifty (50) years of
age and have served in Government for less than twenty (20) years or retired if they
are from the age of fifty (50) and above and have served the Government for at least
twenty (20) years without prejudice in either case to the payment of benefits they may
be entitled to under existing laws."

Section 3. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9263, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4 Professionalization and Upgrading of Qualification Standards in the
Appointment of Uniformed Personnel to the BFP and the BJMP. — No person shall
be appointed as uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BUMP unless he/she possesses
the following minimum qualifications:

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“h) Must be at least one meter and [sixty-two] FIFTY15 SEVEN centimeters [(1.62
m.)] (1.57 M.) in height for male, and one meter and [fifty-seven] FIFTY-TWO
centimeters [(1.57 m.)] (1.52 M.) for female: Provided, That a waiver for height and age
requirement\s shall be automatically granted to applicants belonging to the cultural
communities/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; and

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“After the lapse of the time of period for the satisfaction of a specific requirement,
current uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BUMP who will fail to satisfy any of the
requirements enumerated under this Section shall be separated from the service if
they are below fifty (50) years of age and have served in the government for less than
twenty (20) years, or retired if they are age fifty (50) and above and have served in the
government for at least twenty (20) years without prejudice in either case to the
payment of benefits they may be entitled to under existing laws.”

Section 4. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 10575, is amended to read as follows:


"Section 11. Professiona/ization and Upgrading of Qualification Standards in the
Appointment of the BuCor Personnel. — (a) No person shall be appointed as personnel
of the BuCor unless one possesses the following minimum qualifications:

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(2) XXX.
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"(4) XXX.

"(5) XXX

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"(8) Must be at least one meter and [sixty-two] FIFTY-SEVEN centimeters [(1.62 m.)]
(1.57 M.) in height for male, and one meter and [fifty-seven] FIFTY-TWO centimeters
[(1.57 m.)] (1.52 M.) for female: Provided, That a waiver for height and age
requirements may be granted to applicants belonging to the cultural
communities/indigenous peoples: Provided, further, That a new applicant must not be
less than twenty-one (21) or more than forty (40) years of age. Except for this particular
provision, the above-enumerated qualifications shall be continuing in character and
an absence of any one of them at any given time shall be ground for separation or
retirement from the service: Provided, furthermore, That those who are already in the
service upon the effectivity of this Act shalll be given five (5) years from the date of such
effectivity to obtain the minimum educational qualification and eligibility with subsidiary
assistance as provided for in this Act.

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"(c) XXX...

*(d) The BuCor shall continue training its personnel through its Personnel Training
School, which shall be renamed as Corrections Training School/nstitute patterned
after the BJMP's Jail National Training Institute (JNT!), the Bureau of Fire's Fire
National Training Institute (FNTI) and the PNP's National Training Institute (PNTI)."

Section 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. —Within ninety (90) days from the
effectivity of this Act, the PNP, BFP, BUMP and BuCor, in coordination with the
Department of the Interior and Local Government, the National Police Commission,
Department of Justice, Philippine National Police, Philippine National Police Philippine
National Police Academy, Civil Service Commission, and other concerned government
agencies and stakeholders shall formulate the necessary rules and regulations for the
effective implementation of this Act.

Section 6. Separability Clause. — If any part, section or provision of this Act is
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the sections or provisions which are not affected
shall remain valid and subsisting.


Section 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations,
other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 8. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,