WHEREAS,
the primary responsibility for the effective implementation of martial
law rests on the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, who
are increasingly exposed to dangers to life and limb in their task of
suppressing the activities of insurgents and lawless
elements; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide increased government insurance
coverage for such members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as a
measure of financial amelioration for their dependents, and to maintain
their efficiency while performing their aforementioned task;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of 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 order and decree
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Section 1. Subject to such terms and conditions that
may be agreed upon by the Government Service Insurance System or other
insurance firms and the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the
Philippines, including the rates of the insurance, premiums, fifty
percent (50%) of which shall be paid by each member of the Armed Forces
of the Philippines and fifty percent (50%) by the Government as its
counterpart premium contribution, and approved by the Secretary of
National Defense, each member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in
the active, including cadets of Philippine Military Academy and the
Philippiner Force Flying School, probationary officers, trainees and
draftees, shall be insured under an annual special group term coverage
program, renewable annually thereafter, in an amount not exceeding
P6,000.00 per member, in addition to the compulsory insurance for
members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines by the Government
Service Insurance System as provided by existing law.
Section 2. Such amounts as may be necessary for the
government's counterpart as herein provided are hereby appropriated out
of funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated;
thereafter, such sums as may be required for the purpose shall be
included in the annual appropriations of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines.
This Decree shall take effect immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of December, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-three.
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