NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
S.B. No. 907
72 JU127 P4*44
RtCElVLDBY;
Introduced by Senator SONNY ANGARA
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
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In 1971, the Supreme Court en banc conferred judicial rank, salary and 
privileges, as provided under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 910 otherwise known as "An 
Act to Provide for the Retirement of Justices of the Supreme Court and of the Court 
of Appeals, for the Enforcement of the Provisions Hereof by the Government Service 
Insurance System", to positions in the Office of the Clerk of Court through 
Resolutions and has continuously done so in recognition of the judiciary officials' 
invaluable support system in the administration of justice. However, R.A. No. 8291 
or the GSIS Act of 1997 took them out of its coverage thereby resulting in the loss of 
entitlement to all retirement benefits provided by said law, including survivorship 
and death benefits. Despite this, the Supreme Court and the third level collegiate 
courts continued allowing these judiciary officials to retire under R.A. No. 910.
R.A. No. 910 was amended in 2009 by R.A. No. 9946 or "An Act Granting 
Additional Retirement. Survivorship, and other Benefits to Members of the Judiciary" 
to provide for more retirement benefits. Unfortunately, the law, as amended, again 
limits its benefits to the Members of the Judiciary, i.e. Judges and Justices. 
Nonetheless, the Supreme Court, exercising its constitutional mandate of judicial 
power and administrative supervision of courts and court personnel along with the 
fiscal autonomy of the Judiciary, issued resolutions stating that the judiciary officials'
1


retirement law is R.A. No. 910, as amended. However, the Department of Budget 
and Management (DBM) is of the position that a resolution is not the /an/that would 
merit the release of retirement benefits provided under R.A. No. 910.
This interpretation of the DBM created inequality among the judiciary officials. 
For instance, a former judge who was eventually appointed as a Court Administrator 
will have more retirement benefits (as he can retire under R.A. No. 910, as 
amended) than a Court Administrator who was never a judge or justice. The 
restrictive application of R.A. No. 910, as amended, likewise caused disparities in 
entitlement to survivorship benefits, among others.
The absence of a retirement law that expressly upholds the resolutions of the 
Supreme Court allowing judiciary officials to retire under R.A. No. 910, as amended, 
resulted in inequalities and fragmented application of said law. Thus, there is an 
imperative need to correct these inequalities by enacting a common retirement law 
for all judiciary officials with judicial rank, salary, and privileges that accords due 
respect and value to Supreme Court Resolutions.
In view of the foregoing, we urge the swift approval of this measure.
SONNY ANGARA
Iff


'V!t“:
3
4
5
6
7
8 
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 
17
NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
)
SENATE
S.B. No. 907
ot ttjc »e(i ttw/ -
•22 JH27 P4--44 
,
received BV:
Introduced by Senator SONNY ANGARA
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:
1 
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 910, as amended by Republic Act
2 
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 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
1


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 
21 
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
benefit in the form of education scholarship to one (1) child of all Justices, 
[aftd] Judges, AND 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 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, 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, AND 
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, [of] 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
representation_________________
(PERA and additional 
compensation allowance)
Basic pay plus the highest monthly 
aggregate transportation,
_________ X and other allowances
15 
years


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
It is a condition of the pension provided for herein that no retiring Justice or 
Judge of the aforementioned courts, OR JUDICIARY OFFICIAL 
CONFERRED WITH THE SAME RANK AS A JUSTICE OR A JUDGE, 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.
17 
SEC. 2. Section 3-A of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read
18 
as follows:
19
20 
21 
22 
23
"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 [hc/shc] 
THEY retired."
24 
SEC. 3. Section 3-B of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read
25 
as follows:
26
27
28
29
30
"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) IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH LAW AT THE TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT, AND


1
2
3
4
5
6 
7
THOSE WHO AVAILED THEMSELVES OF OPTIONAL OR DISABILITY 
RETIREMENT UNDER THIS ACT; Provided, [That the benefits s^aW be 
applicable only to members of the Judiciary, Provided further] That the 
benefits to be granted shall be prospective."
SEC. 4. Appropriation. -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
8 
Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
9 
SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act is declared
10 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall
11 
remain in full force and effect.
12 
SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, rules, regulations, orders, circulars and
13 
other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
14 
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
15 
SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
16 
its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,