FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
SENATE 
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 
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Submitted jointly by the Committees on Justice and Human Ri hts; Civil Service and 
Re: Senate Bill No. 1.62 
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Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 121, 1400, 1415 and 1597. 
Sponsors: Senators Escudero, Enrile, Pangilinan, Cayetano (P), and Villar. 
Government Reorganization; and Finance on SFP 1 9 200Q 
MR. PRESIDENT: 
The Committees on Justice and Human Rights; Civil Service and Government 
Reorganization: and Finance, to which were referred Senate Bill No. 121, introduced by Senator 
Enrile, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
GRANTING ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF 
910, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
THE JUDICIARY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT No. 
Senate Bill No. 1400, introduced by Senator Pangilinan, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
GRANTING ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF 
THE JUDICIARY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE R.A. 910, AS 
AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
Senate Bill No. 1415, introduced by Senator Cayetano (P), entitled: 
“AN ACT 
GRANTING ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF 
THE JUDICIARY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
910, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 


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Senate Bill No. 1597, introduced by Senator Villar, entitled: 
“AN ACT 
FURTHER 
STRENGTHENING 
THE 
PHILIPPINE 
JUDICIARY, 
GRANTING ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO ITS MEMBER 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
have considered the same and have the honor to report them back to the Senate with the 
recommendation that the attached bill, Senate Bill No. 16 2 Q prepared by the Committees, 
entitled: 
“AN ACT 
GRANTING ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS T 
MEMBERS OF 
THE JUDICIARY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE .Y A 
EPUBLIC ACT 
NO. 910, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 121, 1400, 1415 and 1597. 
ResDectfully Submitted: 
FRANCIS “CHIZ” G. ESCUDERO 
Chairman, Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
Member, Committees on Finance and Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization 
ANTONIO TRILLANES IV 
Chairman, Committee on Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization 
Member, Committee on Finance 
BENIGNQ SI~EON “NOYNOY” AQUINO 1111 
Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
Member, Committee on Justice 
/Chairman, 
Committee KFinance 
Member, Committee on Justice 
and Human Rights 
Vice-Chairmen: 
LOREN B. LEGARDA 
Committee on Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization 
Member, Committee on Finance 


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Committee on Finance 
Member, Committee on Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization 
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JOKER P. ARROYO 
Commitfee on Finance 
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MIRIAM DEF 
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Cornmitt& on Finance I/ 
Members: 
ALAN PETER “COMPANERO” 
RODOLFO 4 BlAZON 
Committees on Justice and Human 
Rights’ Finance 
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Committees on Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization; Finance 
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C mm te onFinance 
“COMPANERA” PIA S. CAYETANO 
Committee on Justice and 
Human Rights; Finance 
9NG REVILLA, JR. 
Justice and Human 
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ommiftee on Finance 
Ex-Officio Members: 
. PANGILINAN 
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UlLlNO Q. PIMENTEL JR. 
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Minority Leader 
Hon. MANNY VILLAR 
Senate President 
Senate of the Philippines 
Pasay City 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
OF 1HE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E  
Prepared by the Committees on Justice and Human Rights; Civil Service and 
Government Reorganization; and Finance, with Senators Enrile, Pangilinan, Cayetano 
(P), Villar, and Escudero as authors. 
AN ACT 
GRANTING ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF THE 
JUDICIARY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 910, AS 
AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representafives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 910, as amended is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
"SECTION 1. When a justice of the Supreme Court, [or of] the Court of 
Appeals, THE SANDIGANBAYAN, OR OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, OR 
a judge of the [Court of First Instance, Industrial Relations, Agrarian Relations, 
Tax Appeals, Juvenile and Domestic Relations or a city or municipal judge] 
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 who has rendered at least [twenty] FIFTEEN (15) years 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 OR HER 
incapacity to discharge the duties of his OR HER office AS CERTIFIED BY THE 
SUPREME COURT, he OR SHE shall receive during the residue of his OR HER 
natural life, in the manner hereinafter provided, the salary PLUS THE HIGHEST 
MONTHLY 
AGGREGATE 
OF 
TRANSPORTATION, 
LIVING 
AND 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES which he OR SHE was receiving at the 
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time of his OR HER retirement, or resignation, AND NON-WAGE BENEFIT IN 
THE FORM OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TO ONE (1) LEGITIMATE CHILD 
OF ALL JUSTICES AND JUDGES TO FREE TUITION FEE IN A STATE, 
UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE: PROVIDED, THAT SUCH GRANT WILL COVER 
ONLY ONE (1) BACHELORS DEGREE. [And] When a justice of the Supreme 
Court, [or of] the Court of Appeals, THE SANDIGANBAYAN OR OF THE COURT 
OF TAX APPEALS, OR a judge of the [Court of First Instance, Industrial 
Relations, Agrarian Relations, Tax Appeals, Juvenile and Domestic Relations or 
a city or municipal judge] 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 has attained the age of sixty years and 
has rendered at least [twenty] FIFTEEN years service in the Government, the 
last [five] THREE of which shall have been continuously rendered in the judiciary, 
he OR SHE shall likewise be entitled to retire and receive during the residue of 
his OR HER natural life also in the manner hereinafter provided, the salary PLUS 
THE HIGHEST MONTHLY AGGREGATE OF TRANSPORTATION, LIVING AND 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCE WHICH he was then receiving AND THE 
NON-WAGE BENEFIT IN THE FORM OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TO 
ONE (1) LEGITIMATE CHILD OF ALL JUSTICES AND JUDGES TO FREE 
TUITION FEE IN A STATE UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE; PROVIDED, 
HOWEVER, THAT ANY JUSTICE OR JUDGE 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: 
NO. OF YEARS IN THE 
GOVERNMENT OR JUDICIARY 
HIGHEST MONTHLY 
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X 
AGGREGATE 
BASIC PAY PLUS THE 
15 YEARS 
TRANSPORTATION, 
LIVING REPRESENTATION 
ALLOWANCES 
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It is a condition of the pension provided for herein that no retiring justice or judge 
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[of a court of record or city or municipal judge] OF THE AFOREMENTIONED 
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COURTS OR HIS OR HER SURVIVING SPOUSE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS 
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OF THIS ACT during the time that he OR SHE is receiving said pension shall 
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appear as counsel before any court in any civil case wherein the Government or 
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any subdivision or instrumentality thereof is the adverse party, or in any criminal 
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case wherein an INCUMBENT OR FORMER officer or employee of the 
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Government is accused of an offense committed in relation to his office, or collect 
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any fee for his appearance in any administrative proceedings to maintain an 
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interest to the Government, national, provincial or municipal, or to any of its 
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legally constituted officers. It is also a condition of the pension provided for 
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herein that [no] WHEN A member of the Judiciary OR HIS OR HER SURVIVING 
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SPOUSE entitled to the benefits of this Act shall assume an [elective public] 
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office 
OR 
POSITION 
IN 
GOVERNMENT 
OR 
ANY 
OF 
ITS 
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INSTRUMENTALITIES, WHETHER ELECTIVE OR APPOINTIVE, WHICH 
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ENTITLES HIM OR HER TO RECEIVE A SALARY, he OR SHE shall not, upon 
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assumption of office and during his OR HER term, receive the monthly pension 
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due him OR HER. 
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follows: 
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“SEC. 2 In case a justice of the Supreme Court, [or ofl the Court of 
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Appeals, THE SANDIGANBAYAN, OR OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, OR 
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a judge of the [Court of First Instance, Industrial Relations, Agrarian Relations, 
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Tax Appeals, Juvenile and Domestic Relations, city or municipal judge] 
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REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL 
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TRIAL COURT, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, SHARI’A DISTRICT 
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COURT, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT, OR ANY OTHER COURT HEREAFTER 
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ESTABLISHED, dies while in actual service, his OR HER heirs shall receive a 
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lump sum of five years’ gratuity computed on the basis of the highest monthly 
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salary plus the highest monthly aggregate of transportation, living and 
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representation allowances received by him OR HER as such justice or judge [if 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the same Republic Act is hereby amended to read as 
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by reason of his length of service in the government he was already entitled to 
the benefits of this Act] WITHOUT THE LENGTH OF SERVICE REQUIRED IN 
SECTION ONE HEREOF: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE THE DECEASED 
JUSTICE OR JUDGE HAS RENDERED AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS OF 
SERVICE EITHER IN THE JUDICIARY OR IN ANY OTHER BRANCH OF 
GOVERNMENT OR BOTH, HIS OR HER HEIRS SHALL INSTEAD BE 
ENTITLED TO A LUMP SUM OF TEN YEARS GRATUITY COMPUTED ON 
THE SAME BASIS AS INDICATED IN THIS PROVISION. [The same benefits 
provided for in this section shall be extended to any incumbent justice of the 
Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, or judge of the Court of First Instance, 
Circuit Criminal Court, Agrarian Relations, Tax Appeals, Juvenile and Domestic 
Relations, or city or municipal court, or any other court hereinafter established; as 
the case may be, without having attained the length of service required in Section 
1 hereof, shall have to retire upon reaching the age of sixty five years, or upon 
other cause, such as illness or permanent physical disability, to be certified by 
the tribunal to which the justice concerned belongs, or by the Supreme Court in 
the case of an incumbent judge of the Court of First Instance, and other similar 
courts or records, or a city or municipal judge, which render him incapacitated to 
continue in his position.] 
IF THE JUSTICE OR THE JUDGE WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF HIS OR 
HER WORK AS SUCH, THE LEGITIMATE SURVIVING SPOUSE, AS WELL AS 
THE LEGITIMATE AND ADOPTED CHILDREN BELOW EIGHTEEN (1 8) 
YEARS OF AGE SHALL RECEIVE IN EQUAL SHARES ALL RETIREMENT 
BENEFITS OF THE DECEASED JUSTICE OR JUDGE AS IF SUCH JUSTICE 
OR JUDGE HAS REACHED COMPULSORY RETIREMENT AGE: PROVIDED, 
THAT, THE JUSTICE OR JUDGE HAS SERVED IN GOVERNMENT FOR AT 
LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS REGARDLESS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH. 
WHEN A JUSTICE OR JUDGE IS KILLED INTENTIONALLY WHILE IN 
SERVICE, THE PRESUMPTION IS THAT THE DEATH IS WORK RELATED. 
UPON REACHING THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE (ZI), PREVIOUSLY 
ENTITLED CHILDREN-BENEFICIARIES SHALL CEASE TO RECEIVE THEIR 
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PART OF THE RETIREMENT BENEFIT, WHICH SHARE SHALL REDOUND 
TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSE. THE SURVIVING SPOUSE SHALL CONTINUE 
TO RECEIVE SUCH RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR THE REST OF HIS OR 
HER NATURAL LIFE OR UNTIL REMARRIAGE, 
SEC. 3. Section 3 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. Upon retirement, a justice of the Supreme Court, [or of] the 
Court of Appeals, THE SANDIGANBAYAN OR OF THE COURT OF TAX 
APPEALS, OR a judge of the [Court of First Instance, Industrial Relations, 
Agrarian Relations, Tax Appeals, Juvenile and Domestic Relations or a city or 
municipal judge] 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 shall be automatically entitled to a lump sum 
payment of five years' salary [based upon] COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF the 
highest [annual] 
MONTHLY salary PLUS THE HIGHEST MONTHLY 
AGGREGATE OF TRANSPORTATION, LIVING AND REPRESENTATION 
ALLOWANCES that said justice or judge [has received] WAS RECEIVING ON 
THE DATE OF HIS OR HER RETIREMENT and thereafter, upon survival after 
the expiration of this period of five years, to a further annuity payable monthly 
during the residue of his OR HER natural life[, equivalent to the amount of salary 
he was receiving on the date of his retirement] PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 
HEREOF: Provided, however, That if the reason for the retirement be with the 
attendance of any permanent disability contracted during his OR HER 
incumbency in office and prior to the date of retirement, he OR SHE shall receive 
[only] a gratuity equivalent to ten years' salary [with no further annuity payable 
monthly during the rest of the retiree's natural life] AND THE ALLOWANCES 
AFOREMENTIONED: 
PROVIDED, 
FURJHH?, 
THAT 
SHOULD 
THE 
RETIREMENT BE WITH THE ATTENDANCE OF ANY PARTIAL PERMANENT 
DISABILITY CONTRACTED DURING HIS OR HER INCUMBENCY AND PRIOR 
TO THE DATE OF RETIREMENT, HE OR SHE SHALL RECEIVE AN 
AODlTlONAL GRATUITY EQUIVALENT TO TWO (2) YEARS' LUMP S U M  
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THAT HE OR SHE IS ENTITLED TO UNDER THIS ACT: 
PROVIDED, 
FURTHER, THAT IF THE JUSTICE OR JUDGE SURVIVES AFTER TEN (IO) 
YEARS OR SEVEN (7) YEARS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, HE OR SHE SHALL 
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A MONTHLY ANNUITY AS COMPUTED UNDER 
THIS ACT DURING THE RESIDUE OF HIS OR HER NATURAL LIFE 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 HEREOF: PROVIDED, FINALLY, THAT THOSE 
WHO HAVE RETIRED WITH THE ATTENDANCE OF ANY PARTIAL 
PERMANENT DISABILITY FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVITY OF 
THIS ACT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME BENEFITS PROVIDED 
HEREIN. 
UPON THE DEATH OF A JUSTICE OR JUDGE OF ANY COURT IN THE 
JUDICIARY, IF SUCH JUSTICE OR JUDGE HAS RETIRED, OR WAS 
ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE OPTIONALLY AT THE TIME OF DEATH, THE 
SURVIVING LEGITIMATE SPOUSE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ALL 
THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS THAT THE DECEASED JUSTICE OR JUDGE 
WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD THE JUSTICE OR JUDGE NOT DIED. THE 
SURVIVING SPOUSE SHALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUCH RETIREMENT 
BENEFITS UNTIL THE SURVIVING SPOUSE'S DEATH OR REMARRIAGE." 
"Sec. 3-A. ALL PENSION BENEFITS OF RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE 
JUDICIARY SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED WHENEVER THERE 
IS AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY OF THE SAME POSITION FROM WHICH 
HE OR SHE RETIRED." 
"Sec. 3-8. THE BENEFITS UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE GRANTED 
TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS 
ACT." 
SEC. 4. During the fiscal year two thousand and seven, this Act shall be funded 
from savings of the judiciary. Thereafter, the necessary sum for this purpose shall be 
included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC.5. All laws. decrees, orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
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Approved, 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the completion of its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in any two (2) newspapers of general circulation.