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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 578
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 578 -
PROVIDING FOR PENSION OR GRATUITY OF OFFICERS RETIRED OR SEPARATED ON
OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 1972 ON THE BASIS OF THE RATE OF PAY OF
OFFICERS IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER GENERAL ORDER NO.
11, DATED OCTOBER 1, 1972
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WHEREAS,
General Order No. 11, dated October 1, 1972 providing for an increased
rate of base pay for commissioned officers on active duty contains a
proviso excluding officers who retired from the service prior to
September 30, 1972 from the readjustment of their gratuity or
pensions; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the persons who have excluded from the benefits of said
General Order were mostly officers who, during the bleak years of World
War II, defended the Philippines at Bataan, Corregidor and other war
fronts, may of whom died in the process, many others became disabled
and the rest were lucky to survive the war until they retired from the
military service;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, these groups of retirees used to receive automatic
readjustment of gratuity or pension every time a new rate of monthly
base pay is prescribed for officers in the active service, pursuant to
the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Three Hundred and Forty, as
amended; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, officers who retired from the military service after September
30, 1972 are now receiving their monthly pensions based on the existing
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WHEREAS, all other government retirees in the civil service have
recently been granted increases in their pensions due to the high cost
of living brought by the spiralling prices of prime commodities;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President 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, General
Order No. 1 dated January 17, 1973, do hereby decree and order that:cralaw:red
Section 1. The monthly base pay prescribed for
commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under
General Orders No. 11, dated October 1, 1972 shall be the basis of the
retirement gratuity or pensions of officers retired from the military
service prior to October 1, 1972. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect upon
approval.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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