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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 878 - AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTION TEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO PROVIDE FOR SEPARATION THEREFROM, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES " |
Section 1.
Section ten of Republic Act Numbered Three hundred and forty is hereby
amended to read as follows: "Section 10. An
enlisted man or officer below the rank of colonel who is entitled to
the benefits of this Act shall be retired or separated from the service
one rank or grade higher than the permanent rank or grade he holds for
at least one year at the time of retirement or separation. Provided,
That such separation of officer or enlisted man was not a punishment
duly meted him as a result of general or special court martial
findings: And, provided, further, That separation from the service was
not due to his own misconduct, willful failure, the intemperate use of
drugs or alcoholic liquor or vicious or immoral habits: And, provided,
finally, however, That officers and enlisted men promoted before
retirement because of their capabilities for the next higher rank or
grade would not be made to assume their ranks or grades before
retirement when recalled to active duty unlike those retired officers
and enlisted men automatically raised one rank or grade by operation of
this Act who shall resume their ranks or grades prior to their
retirement. The gratuity or retirement pay provided in section two, and
the separation pay provided in section eight of Act Numbered Three
hundred forty shall be computed upon the basis of such higher rank or
grade in which the officer or enlisted man may be retired or
separated.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect from July twenty-six, nineteen hundred forty-eight. Approved: June 19, 1953 |
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