SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Rcgular Session 
SENATE 
2659 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
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GRANTING ADDITIONAL SURVIVORSHIP BENEFITS TO POLICE OFFICERS 
WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED OR FELL IN THE LINE OF DUTY 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 16, Section 6 provides: 
Section 6. The State shall establish and maintain one police force, 
which shall be national in scope and civilian in character, to be 
administered and controlled by a national police commission. The authority 
of local executives over the police units in their jurisdiction shall be 
provided by law. 
Due to the dire law and order situation in the Philippines, especially in dense 
urban areas where street killings and highly organized kidnapping are not uncommon, 
members and officers of our civilian police force regularly put their lives and limbs in 
danger for the sake of the safety of each citizen. 
Our police force combats not only petty and urban crime, but fully armed and 
organized combatants that threaten the peace as well. Just recently, the country has been 
witness to the courageous acts of members of the Philippine National Police Special 
Action Force (PNP-SAF). While the mission successfully neutralized international 
terrorist Zulkifli Abdhir, aka. Marwan, the operation cost 44 members of the PNP-SAF 
their lives. 
To voluntarily and regularly risk one's lifc for the peace safety of those around 
him is one of the most difficult and honorable professions, yet it is fraught with much 
grief and oilen goes thankless. The families of fallen police officers, especially their 


children, must bear the burden of their sacrifice. Just reward and compensation are due to 
those who lose life and limb in the line of duty. 
This Act seeks to compensate police of1icers that have been injured or have fallen 
in the line of duty, by providing one of their children with free college education. 
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MIRIAM DEF~SOR SANT~GO 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
S.No. 
2659 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
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GRANTING ADDITIONAL SURVIVORSHIP BENEFITS TO POLICE OFFICERS 
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WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED OR FELL IN THE LINE OF DUTY 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Line of Duty Act". 
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SECTION 2. Administrator. - For the purposes of this Act, the Director General 
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of the Philippine National Police, hereinafter referred to as the PNP, shall act as the 
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Administrator, and shall be responsible for the efficient implementation of this Act. He 
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shall also promulgate the rules and regulations for the implementation of the same. 
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SECTION 3. Eligibility. - The benefits of this Act shall apply to all members and 
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officers of the PNP, as defined by Republic Act. No. 6975, otherwise known as "The 
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Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990" who have been injured or 
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fell in the line of duty. 
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SECTION 4. Definition. - For the purposes of this Act, the term "injured or fell in 
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the line of duty" applies when: 
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(1) The member or of11cer of the PNP suffers death caused by an accident 
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or willful violence of another during the active performance of his 
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official duties; 


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(2) The member or officer of the PNP dies as a direct result of an injury 
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sustained during the active performance of his official duties. The death 
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must be a natural and probable consequence of the sustained injury; 
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(3) The member or officer of the PNP dies all duty, while acting in an 
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official capacity to prevent loss of property, injury, or death, or IS 
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targeted because of his duties as a member or officer of the PNP. 
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(4) The member or officer of the PNP suffers injury caused by an accident 
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or willful violence of another during the active performance of his 
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official duties. Such injury must be permanent and must render the 
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member or officer physically incapable to perform the official duties 
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required of his position. 
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This excludes death or injury resulting from the gross negligence, willful 
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misconduct or intoxication ofthe member or officer; 
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SECTION 5. Educational Benefits. - One (1) child of any member or officer of 
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the PNP who has been injured or fallen in the line of duty shall be admitted to a State 
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University or College (SUC) within the vicinity of his residence, with all school fees, 
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including tuition, matriculation, athletic, library, laboratory, medical, military training, 
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diploma and graduation fees, at the expense of the Government, subject to the reasonable 
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entrance requirements of the SUC, subject further, to the rules and conditions 
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promulgated by the Administrator. 
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In case the member or officer has one or more children, the child to receive the 
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benefit of this Act shall be chosen by the surviving legal spouse of the member or officer, 
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or legal guardian of the child, should the spouse be incapacitated. 
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This shall be without prejudice to a prior determination by the member or officer 
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of which child shall receive the benefit, subject to the manner to be prescribed by the 
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Administrator. 
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SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid 
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or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
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remain valid and subsisting. 
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SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. -
Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
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executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to 
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or is inconsistent with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended 
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accordingly. 
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SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
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its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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