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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 567
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 567 -
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 182 DATED MAY 6, 1973, SO AS TO EXTEND
THE DRAFT SERVICE OR PERIOD OF CONSCRIPTION OF TRAINEES, INTO SELECTIVE
MILITARY SERVICE, FROM 12 MONTHS TO 18 MONTHS
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WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 182 dated May 6, 1973 provide for the
conscription of trainees into selective emergency military service for
a period not exceeding twelve months after completion of their training
and service tour as prescribe under Section Fifty Three of the National
Defense Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 4091;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, consistent with the objective of the National Defense Act,
employment and utilization of trainees during their service tour and
draft service shall be in positions which require skills or
qualifications applicable and in demand in the private sector;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to provide draftees and trainees with the
needed training along vocational courses for gainful employment after
they are mustered out of the service; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21,
1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do
hereby amend Presidential Decree No. 182 to read as follows:cralaw:red
"That after the completion of the training and service tour of each
trainee as prescribed under Section Fifty Three of the National Defense
Act, as amended by Republic Act No. 4091, each trainee may thereafter
be drafted into selective emergency military service for a period of
not exceeding eighteen months and any selected draftee who refuses to
render such service shall be punished as a Military Tribunal created
under General Order No. 8 may direct. Provided, that within the last
six months of conscriptive service, a draftee not enlisted into the
Regular Force shall be given the opportunity to undertake a viable
training program wherein he could acquire knowledge and skills
essentially needed in obtaining a gainful employment after he is
mustered out of the AFP. In case of vacancies for enlistment in the
Regular Force, the best qualified draftees shall be given priority in
filling up such vacancies; PROVIDED, that a draftee shall receive the
base pay and allowances equivalent to that of a private in the regular
force; and if employed for combat operations, he shall be entitled to
all benefits similar to that received by any member of the regular
force; PROVIDED, further, that for every year of training and service,
to include the emergency military selective service herein provided
for, a draftee shall receive a separation gratuity of not less than one
month salary upon the condition that a period of six months shall be
considered a complete year for purposes of this gratuity; PROVIDED,
finally, that a draftee or those who rendered service as contemplated
above shall be given priority in appointments in the government
service, commensurate to his training, experience, and educational
qualifications, provisions of the Civil Service Law to the contrary
notwithstanding." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
All laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent herewith are
amended or modified accordingly.
The Secretary of National Defense shall issue the necessary rules and
regulations to implement this Decree.
This Decree shall take effect immediately
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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