FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 854 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
As an archipelagic country composed of a tortuous coastline, the 
Philippines requires heavy milita(y monitoring. That is why there is a need to 
design a training program which will aid the Philippine Navy in carrying out its 
acitivities. The proposed creation of a Philippine Naval Academy is aimed at 
educating and training young leaders who will lead the Philippine front. The 
defense system in the Philippines is very much underdeveloped in comparison 
with those found in other countries. With the growing international tension, the 
government must take up all necessary measures to prepare their armies. 
The Philippine Naval Academy will stand to ensure that all cadets undergo 
the rigorous training and take up the academic programs necessary in their total 
military formation. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
OY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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Senate Bill No. 854 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NAVAL ACADEMY, APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to enhance the 
Regular Naval force by developing further the education and training of persons 
who will serve therein. 
SEC 2. There is hereby created a Philippine Naval Academy, hereinafter 
referred to as the Naval Academy, for the training of selected candidates for 
permanent commission in the Regular Naval Force. 
SEC 3. The Naval Academy shall be organized and administered by the 
Academic Board under the supervision and control of the Chief of Staff of the 
Armed Forces of the Philippines, 
SEC 4. a) The Academic Board shall be composed of the Superintendent, 
as Chairman, the Dean of the' Corps of Professors at the Commandant of 
Cadets, as members; 
a} The Superintendent and the Commandant of the Naval academy shall 
be detailed to those positions by the President of the Philippines from 
the Officers of the Regular Naval Force. 
b} The Dean of the Corps of Professors shall be appointed by 
the 
President from the permanent professors who have served as heads of 
the departments of the Naval Academy: Provided That pending the 
qualification of the regular Dean of the Corps of Professors, an Acting 
Dean shall be appointed by the President who shall serve for a period 
not longer than one (1) year from the establishment of the Naval 
Academy. 
c) The heads of the departments, professors or instructors of the naval 
Academy shall be aflpointed by the President of the Philippines from 
among the nominees of the Superintendent with the assistance of the 
Dean of the Corps of Professors: Provided: That no graduate of the 
Naval Academy may be appointed or detailed to serve therein as a 
professor or instructor within five (5) years after his graduation. 


d) Other officers on duty at the Naval Academy, except the permanent 
professor may be detailed from the Regular Naval Force. 
SEC 5. The Academic board shall have the following powers 
and 
functions: 
a) To receive and appropriate such sums as may be provided for by the 
law to support the Naval Academy; 
b) To grant a baccalaureate degree to a Naval cadet who has completed 
the courses of study and the rules of disciplines required by it; 
c) To appoint or detail such number of personnel as may be necessary to 
carry out the mandate of this Act; and 
d) To exercise such powers and functions as may be necessary to carry 
out the policy of this Act. 
SEC. 6. The Quartermaster of the Naval Academy shall be detailed by 
the President of the Philippines from the Regular Naval Force, the Quartermaster 
shall buy and issue all supplies for the Naval Cadets; buy and issue all provisions 
for the mess; and shall supervise the mess. The Quartermaster shall make a 
monthly report to the Academic Board with respect to matters under this 
authority. 
SEC. 7. 
a) 
The President of the Philippines is hereby authorized to 
appoint to the Naval Academy annually, subject to such physical and mental 
examinations as he may prescribed, the number of Naval Cadets necessary to 
maintain the Cadet Corps. 
Naval cadets shall be selected from among the 
candidates shall be selected from among candidates as hereinafter provided. 
b) A quote of one (1) member of the Naval Cadet Corps, hereinafter 
referred to as Congressional quota shall be allotted to each 
Congressional District: Provided: That in case no candidate from a 
given Congressional District attains the required minimum ratings, the 
vacancies in the Congressional shall be filled by the President from 
successful candidates at large with the highest ratings: 
Provided, 
however, That a quota of four (4) members of the Naval Cadet Corps 
shall be filled by the President, directly without Congressional 
nominations: Provided, further, That a quota of eight (8) members of 
this Naval Cadet Corps shall be filled by the President directly, without 
Congressional nominations, from qualified candidates with the highest 
rating who are enlisted me of the Regular Force and have completed 
at least one (1) year of the active military service and are in active 
status at the time of admission; Provided, still, further, That a qtJOta of 
four (4) members of the Naval Cadet Corps shall be filled by the 
President directly, without Congressional nomination, from qualified 
candidates with the highest ratings who are sons of enlisted men who 
are serving or who have honorably served for a period of at least six 
(6) months on the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Philippines: 
Provided, furthermore, That physically qualified sons of military 
personnel who have been cited for and awarded the medal for valor 
may be appointed as naval Cadets by the President directly, without 
Congressional nomination, and mental examination; Provided, finally, 
That a quota on one (1) foreign country maintaining diplomatic 
relations with the Republic of the Philippines on the condition that the 


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pay and allowance per diems and traveling expenses of such Naval 
Cadet be borne by his country. 
c) The student body of the Naval Acaderny shall be known as the Naval 
Cadet Corps of the Regular Naval Force of the Philippines. 
SEC. 8. To be eligible for admission, a candidate must be: 
a) Natural-born citizen of the Philippines; 
b) At least seventeen (17) years of age but not more than twenty two (22) 
years of age on the first day of April of the year of admission; and 
c) A successful participant in the prescribed physical and mental 
examination 
SEC. 9. The pay and allowances of the Naval Cadets at the Naval 
Academy shall be fixed by the President of the Philippines. 
SEC. 10. a) Corps of the Naval Cadets shall be divided into companies 
as directed but the Academic Board for the purpose of military instruction. 
b) A Naval Cadet shall perform duties at such places and of such types 
as the President may direct. 
c) The course of instruction at the Naval Academy is four (4) years; 
d) The Academic Board shall so arrange the course of studies at the 
Academy that Naval Cadets are not required to pursue their studies on 
Sunday. 
e) The Naval Cadet Corps shall be trained in the duties of members of 
the Regular Naval Force at least three (3) months each year. 
SEC. 11. Any person, except foreign cadets, who shall, after entrance to 
the Naval Academy and before completion of the prescribed course of training, 
be found to be physically unfit for military duty by reason of injury or disease 
incident to the service, shall be retirees and shall be entitled to the retirement pay 
and allowance as an Ensign in the Regular Naval Force. 
SEC. 12. 
Subject to the approval of the Chief of Staff of the Armed 
Forces of the Philippines, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, with the 
assistance of the members of the Academic Board, shall issue rules and 
regulations preventing hazing and prescribe suspension, dismissal and other 
adequate punishment for violation thereof. 
If a Naval Cadet is cha~ged with Violating any rule or regulation issued 
pursuant to this section, the penalty of which is dismissal from the Naval 
Academy, a request on writing for a trial by a General Court Martial may be 
submitted. 
A Naval Cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing shall not be re-
apPOinted to any military school and shall be ineligible for appointment, as a 
commissioned officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SEC. 13. Upon satisfactory completion of the course of instruction at the 
Naval Academy, the Naval Cadet shall be commissioned Ensign in the Regular 


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Naval Forces, with the relative rank in the order of final general standing as 
determined by the academic Board of the Naval Academy and approved by the 
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
SEC. 14. The initial budget necessary for the establishment of the Naval 
Academy shall be charged to the appropriation of the Department of National 
Defense, thereafter the amount necessary for the operation, improvement and 
maintenance of the Naval Academy shall be included in the Annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 15. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
the Official gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general 
circulation, whichever comes earlier. 
Approved,