REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1068 - AN
ACT TO AMEND Sec. THIRTY-ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, AS
AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE AND
COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE |
Section 1.
Section thirty-one of Commonwealth Act Numbered One, as amended by
Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred eighty-five and Commonwealth
Act Numbered Five hundred sixty-nine, is hereby further amended to read
as follows: "Sec. 31.
The President is authorized to appoint to the Military Academy
annually, subject to such physical and mental examination as he may
prescribe, the number of cadets necessary to maintain in the Cadet
Corps at a strength of not to exceed three hundred and fifty at any one
time. Cadets shall be selected from among candidates as hereinafter
provided. Candidates for admission must be single and must never have
been married, in good physical condition, not less than seventeen nor
more than twenty- two years of age on the first of April of the year or
admission, and shall be nominated by the member of Congress, except as
hereinafter provided, each of whom may nominate any number of
candidates. The President shall appoint from among those who pass the
physical and mental examinations with the highest ratings, the number
or numbers necessary to fill the existing vacancies: Provided, That a
quota of three members of the Cadet Corps, hereinafter referred to as
Congressional quota shall be allotted to each Congressional District:
Provided, further, That in case no candidates from a given
Congressional District attain the required minimum ratings, the
vacancies in the Congressional quota shall be filled by the President
from successful candidates at large with the highest ratings: Provided,
still further, That a quota of four members of the Cadet Corps shall be
filled by the President directly, without Congressional nomination:
Provided, still further That a quota of eight members of the Cadet
Corps shall be filled by the President directly, without Congressional
nomination, from qualified candidates with the highest ratings who are
enlisted men of the Regular Force and who have completed at least one
year of active military service and are in active status at the time of
the admission: Provided, still further, that a quota of four members of
the Cadet Corps shall be filled by the President directly, without
Congressional nomination, from qualified candidates with the highest
ratings who are sons of enlisted men who are serving or who have
honorably served for a period of at least six months in the Armed
Forces of the Republic of the Philippines, or of the Commonwealth of
the Philippines, of duly recognized guerrilla units or the United
States Armed Forces prior to July fourth, nineteen hundred and
forty-six: Provided, still further, That physically qualified sons of
military personnel who have been cited for and awarded the medal for
valor may be appointed as cadets by the President directly, without
Congressional nomination, and Mental examination, on the condition that
the number of such cadets shall not be included in the Cadet Corps
strength of three hundred and fifty as herein provided: And provided,
finally, That a quota of one foreign cadet per class may be allotted to
each foreign country maintaining diplomatic relations with the Republic
of the Philippines on the condition that the pay and allowances, per
diems, and traveling expenses of such cadet be borne by his country.
Foreign cadets shall pass a qualifying mental examination and the
number thereof authorized to train at the Military Academy shall not be
included in the Cadet Corps strength of three hundred and fifty as
herein provided. "The pay and allowances of
students at the Military Academy shall be fixed by the President.cralaw "Any student, except foreign cadets, who shall, after entrance to the Academy and before completion of the prescribed course of training, be found to be physically unfit for military duty by reason of injury or disease incident to the service, shall be retired with the rank of cadet and shall be entitled to the retired pay and allowances of second lieutenant of the Regular Force. "Upon satisfactory completion of
the course of instruction at the Military Academy candidates, except
foreign cadets, shall be commissioned second lieutenants in the Regular
Forces notwithstanding the age limits for appointment in the regular
force prescribed in section four (b) of Republic Act Numbered Two
hundred ninety-one, with relative rank in the order of final general
standing as determined by the Academic Board, and approved by the Chief
of Staff: Provided, That any cadet who is discharged from the Academy
prior to the completion of the prescribed course of instruction shall
not be commissioned in the Regular or Reserve Forces until after the
members of his class have been graduated from the Military Academy and
duly commissioned: Provided, further, That any cadet dismissed from the
Academy for hazing shall not thereafter be eligible for appointment as
a commissioned officer in the Regular or Reserve Forces. "The Academic Board of the
Philippine Military Academy shall be composed of the Superintendent,
the Dean of the Corps of Professors, the Commandant of Cadets, and the
heads of the departments and shall have the power to confer the degree
of bachelor of science under such rules and regulations as the Chief of
Staff may prescribe, upon all cadets who may hereafter satisfactorily
complete the approved course of studies. "The Chief of Staff shall have
authority to grant graduation leaves of absence with full pay to all
graduates of the Military Academy, who receive commissions in the
Regular Force, for a period not exceeding one month effective upon the
date of graduation. "Cadets may be granted leaves of
absence from the Military Academy under such rules and regulations as
the Chief of Staff may prescribe. "Academic leaves of absence
without deduction from pay and allowances may be authorized for the
Superintendent, professors, assistant professors, instructors and other
officers of the Military Academy for the entire period of the
suspension of the ordinary academic studies under such rules and
regulations as the Chief of Staff may prescribe: Provided, That
officers of the Reserve Force assigned for duty at the Military Academy
shall be entitled to the same leave privileges as are unauthorized the
officers of the Regular Force." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 12, 1954 |