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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1043
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1043 -
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3835 ESTABLISHING THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY CORPS
IN THE ARMED FORCE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF
ITS OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL AND OTHER PURPOSES
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1. Section 1 of the Act is hereby amended to read as
follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1. There is established in the Armed Forces of
the Philippines a Women's Auxiliary Corps which shall perform
non-combat/administrative duties and such other functions and service
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense. It shall
composed of officers and enlisted women, the full complement of which
shall be as determined annually by the Chief of Staff, AFP, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of National Defense; Provided, that the
ratio of officers to enlisted women shall be one officer for every
twenty enlisted women; and Provided, further, that the number of
officers in each grade shall be considered within the total authorized
strength of the AFP for each grade in accordance with Republic Act No.
291, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 360."
Section 2. Section 2 of the Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 2. Officers of the Women's Auxiliary Corps
shall be commissioned in the Regular and Reserved Forces of the AFP by
the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of National Defense. All persons appointed officers in the
Regular Force pursuant to this Section shall be unmarried female
native-born citizens of the Philippines between the ages of twenty-one
and twenty-six years who are holders of Bachelor's degrees from any
school, college or university recognized by the government and who
possess such additional qualifications as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of National Defense; Provided, however, that all initial
commission in the Regular Force shall be in the rank of Second
Lieutenant; Provided, further, that, the President, under such rules
and regulations as he may prescribe, is hereby authorized to commission
officers in the Regular Component of the Corps in ranks above Second
Lieutenant but not higher than Captain from among the officers in the
active service within one year from the effectivity of this
Decree." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Section 3 of the Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 3. Any unmarried and without dependent female
citizen of the Philippines, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six
years, able-bodied, physically and mentally fit, of good moral
character and habits and who has completed the second year of any
course from a college or university recognized by the government may be
enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Corps for a term of three years;
Provided, that, insofar as practicable, enlistments shall be
apportioned among the various provinces of the Philippines; Provided
further, that high school graduates who possess technical or special
skills necessary in the performance of non-combatant/ administrative
duties and other functions and services as may be determined by the
Secretary of National Defense may be enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary
Corps."
Section 4. Section 4 of the Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 4. The names of all commissioned officers of
the Women's Auxiliary Corps shall be contained in separate Promotion
Lists, which shall be known as the Women's Auxiliary Corps Promotion
Lists, similar to but separate and distinct from those prescribed by
law and regulations for the other Major and Technical Services of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines. These officers of the Women's
Auxiliary Corps shall be promoted in the same manner as other
commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Enlisted
women of the Corps shall likewise be promoted in the same manner as
enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines."
Section 5. Section 5 of the Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 5. Except as otherwise specifically provided,
all laws and regulations now or hereafter applicable to commissioned
officers and enlisted men of the AFP shall likewise be applicable
respectively to commissioned officers and enlisted women of the Women's
Auxiliary Corps: Provided, that any commissioned officer or enlisted
woman who contracts marriage while in the active service shall be
automatically separated from the service, unless she has, at the time
of said marriage, already completed at least five (5) years of
continuous active military service in the AFP; Provided further, that
all laws and regulations on maternity leave now or hereafter applicable
to female employees of the government shall be applicable to married
members of the Corps, and provided finally that members of the Women's
Auxiliary Corps who were previously separated or discharged honorably
by reason of marriage may be called to active duty subject to the
conditions aforementioned and in accordance with rules and regulations
as the Secretary of National Defense, upon recommendation by the Chief
of Staff, AFP may prescribe."
This Decree take effect upon approval. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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