FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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JUL -3 pS:cih 
S.B. NO. 
879 
Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to amend Republic Act No. 340, otherwise known as An 
Act to Establish A Uniform Retirement System for the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines, which covers the retirement of military personnel prior to 10 
September 1979. 
Section 3 of the Act provides for the payment of benests to survivors of 
retired military personnel but it specifically excludes from entitlement to 
such benefits the widow of a retired officer or enlisted man whose marriage to 
the officer or enlisted man was contracted after his retirement from the 
military service. This provision is clearly discriminative against widows who 
married their husbands after they have retired. Husbands who, though 
already advanced in years, still need companionship, care and attention. 
In contrast, Republic Act No. 6948, as amended by Republic Act No. 
7696, provides benefits to a veteran's unmarried widow without regard to the 
date of her marriage to the veteran. 
There is a need to consolidate and unify laws pertinent to the 
retirement benefits of our military personnel as part of the measures to 
strengthen our Armed Forces. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this measure is 
earnestly sought. 
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EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
Senator 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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S.B. No. 
879 
Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION THREE OF REPUBLIC 
. ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY, A S m N D E D ,  
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT LAW 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Entitlement of Widows and Orphans, Section 3 of 
RA 340, as amended by RA 3056, is hereby further amended to read as 
follows: 
“SECTION 3. Upon the death of an officer or enlisted man 
who has been retired or would, at the time when he died, have been 
entitled to retire under 
Section one of this Act, the surviving 
legitimate, adopted or acknowledged natural children of such officer 
or enlisted man and/or widow, shall be entitled to receive in equal 
shares and with the right of accretion, seventy-five per centum of 
the annual retirement pay which the officer or enlisted man was 
receiving or would have been entitled to receive if he had not died, 
the said amount to be payable in equal monthly installments: 
Provided, That no payment under this section shall be made to 
children after they have attained the age of twenty-one years or 
have married, nor to the widow if she remarries.” Xxx [Provided, 
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further, That no payment whatever shall be made to the 
widow if her marriage to the deceased officer or enlisted 
man was contracted after his retirement from the service]. 
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repealed or modified accordingly. 
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Approved, 
SECTION 2. Repealing Clause. All laws and rules and regulations 
or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
SECTION 3. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two 
(2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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