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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3725
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3725 - AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A LONGEVITY PAY TO ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE Sec. ONE AND THE TITLE OF
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
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Section
1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Eleven
hundred thirty-four, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:
"Section
1. Hereafter, each officer or enlisted man
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall receive in addition to his
monthly base pay longevity pay equivalent to ten per centum of the
monthly base pay authorized for his grade for each five years of
faithful and efficient service heretofore or hereafter rendered as an
officer and/or enlisted man of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and
of recognized guerilla units, such additional pay to be compounded
every five years: Provided, That the total amount of longevity pay
shall not exceed fifty per centum of the soldier's monthly base pay as
prescribed by law: Provided, further, That payment of back longevity
pay to officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for service
rendered by them during the period from January first, nineteen hundred
thirty-three to June fifteen, nineteen hundred forty-eight, be made
from the savings acquired from the yearly appropriations of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines: Provided, however, That nothing in this
section shall be construed as authorizing payment of any back longevity
pay to enlisted men for any period of services heretofore rendered."
Sec. 2. The title of the same Act is amended to read as follows:
"An
Act to provide for longevity pay to officers and enlisted men of
the Armed Forces of the Philippines."
Sec. 3. The sum of eighteen million pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this Act. Sec. 4. All laws or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed or modified accordingly. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 22, 1963 |
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