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Submitted jointly by the Committees on Public Order and Illegal Drugs; and Civil Service and 
Re: S. No. 
Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 2979 and 3033. 
Sponsors: Senators Honasan, Lacson and Villar 
MR. PRESIDENT: 
Governinent Reorganization on 
FEB 2 3 2009 
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3 0 8 5 , prepared jointly by the Committees. 
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The Committees on Public Order and Illegal Drugs; and Civil Service and Government 
Reorganization to which were referred Senate Bill No. 2979, introduced by Senator Honasan. 
entitled: 
“AN ACT 
ADJUSTING THE REQUIREMENT ON EDUCATION AND FOR 
PROMOTION IN THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP) AND 
BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND 
PENOLOGY (BJMP) 
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 9263 ALSO 
KNOWN AS THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION AND THE BUREAU 
OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY PROFESSIONALIZATION 
ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”; 
and Senate Rill No. 3033, introduced by Senator Villar, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
EXTENDING THE REQUIRED PERIOD FOR THE SATISFACTION OF 
THE 
MINIMUM 
EDUCATIONAL 
QUALIFICATION 
FOR 
APPOINTMENT TO THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP) AND 
THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP) 
AMENDING SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS ‘THE BFP AND BJMP PROFESSIONALIZATION ACT OF 
2004’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”; 
have considered the same and have the honor to report them back to the Senate with (lie 
recommendation that the attached bill, Senate Bill No. 
3 0 8 5 , prepared jointly by the 
Committees, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
EXTENDING FOR FIVE (5) YEARS THE REGLEMENTARY PERIOD 
FOR 
COMPLYING 
WITH 
THE 
MINIMUM 
EDUCATIONAL 
QUALIFICATION 
AND 
APPROPRIATE 
ELIGIBILITY 
FOR 
THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
9263, 
OTHERWISE 
KNOWN 
AS 
‘THE 
BFP 
AND 
BJMP 
PROFESSIONALIZATION 
ACT 
OF 
2004’ 
AND 
FOR 
OTHER 
PURPOSES”; 
APPOINTMENT ‘ro THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (WP) AND 
be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 2979 and 3033, with Senators Honasan, Villar 
and Lacson as authors. 


Respectfully submitted, 
B. HONASAN I1 
011 Public Order and Illegal Drugs 
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A TO 1 0  “SONNY” F. TRILLANES IV 
Clmirnmn, Coininittee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization 
Acting Chairman, 
Reorganization 
M e m b e r s :  
and Illegal Drugs 
Coininittee 011 Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization 


Committee oil Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization 
V 
overiiineiit Reorganization 
FRANCIS “CHIZ” G. ESCUDERO 
Committee on Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization 
ALAN PETER “COMPARERO” S. CAYETANO 
Committee on Public Order and illegal Drugs 
Coininittee on Civil Service 
and Government Reorgan izatioii 
Ex - Officio Members : 
Y EJERCITO ESTRADA 
esideiit Pro-Tempore 
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M
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Leader 
NO Q. PIMENTEL, JR. 
Hon. JUAN PONCE ENRILE 
President 
Senate ofthe Philippilies 
Pasay City 


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S. No. 3085 
(In substitution of S Nos 2979 and 3033) 
Prepared jointly by the Committees on Public Order and Illegal Drugs, and Civil 
Service and Government Reorganization with Senators Honasan, Villar and Lacson 
as authors 
AN ACT 
EXTENDING FOR FIVE (5) YEARS THE REGLEMENTARY PERIOD FOR 
COMPLYING WITH THE MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AND 
APPROPRIATE ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE BUREAU OF FIRE 
PROTECTION (BFP) AND THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND 
PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 4 OF 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE BFP AND BJMP 
PROFESSIONALIZATION ACT OF 2004" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9263 is hereby 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 BJMP unless he/she possesses the following 
minimum qualifications: 
a) A citizen of the Republic of the Philippines; 
b) A person of good moral character; 
c) Must have passed the psychiatric/psychologicaI, drug and 
physical tests for the purpose of determining his/her physical and 
mental health; 
d) Must possess a baccalaureate degree from a recognized 
institution of learning; 
e) Must possess the appropriate civil service eligibility; 
f) Must not have been dishonorably discharged or dismissed for 
cause from previous employment; 


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h) Must be at least one meter and sixty-two centimeters (1.62 
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m.) in height for male, and one meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57 
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m.) for female: Provided, That a waiver for height and age 
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requirements shall be automatically granted to applicants belonging to 
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g) Must not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense 
or crime involving moral turpitude; 
i) Must weigh not more or less than five kilograms (5 kgs.) from 
the standard weight corresponding to his/her height, age and sex; 
Provided, That a new applicant must not be less than twenty- 
one (21) or more than thirty (30) 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, 
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further, That the uniformed personnel who are already in the service 
[upon] PRIOR TO the effectivity of [this Act] REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
9263 shall be given ANOTHER five (5) years to obtain the minimum 
educational qualification AND APPROPRIATE CIVIL SERVICE 
ELIGIBILITY TO BE RECKONED FROM THE DATE OF THE 
EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT: PROVIDED, FURTHERMORE, THAT 
FOR CONCERNED BFP AND BJMP MEMBERS RENDERING 
MORE THAN FIFTEEN (15) YEARS OF SERVICE SHALL NO 
LONGER 
BE 
REQUIRED 
TO 
COMPLY 
WITH 
THE 
AFOREMENTIONED 
EDUCATIONAL 
AND 
ELIGIBILITY 
REQUIREMENTS [and one (1) year to satisfy the weight requirement]. 
After the lapse of the time period for the satisfaction of a 
specific requirement, current uniformed personnel of the BFP and the 
BJMP 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 from 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." 
SEC. 2. lrnplernenting Rules and Regulations. - The Department of the 
Interior and Local Government (DILG), in coordination with the BFP, the BJMP, the 
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), 


shall promulgate within sixty (60) days the necessary rules and regulations for the 
effective implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. -All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, 
and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 4. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect upon its publication in 
at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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