REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5338 - AN
ACT PROVIDING CAREER INCENTIVES IN THE NURSE CORPS OF THE ARMED FORCES
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Section
1. Hereafter, any officer in the Nurse Corps of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines on active duty shall receive one
hundred pesos monthly as an incentive pay, in addition to the salary
and other allowances she is entitled to receive under existing laws and
regulations: Provided, That such incentive pay shall not accrue in her
favor in time of war or declared national emergency, or while said
officer is receiving additional pay for overseas service involving war
or under conditions approximating war: And provided, further, That any
officer in the Nurse Corps receiving or authorized to receive flight or
sea duty pay has the option to receive the incentive pay authorized
under this Act or the flight or sea duty pay, but in no case shall she
be entitled to receive both. Sec. 2. The sum of three hundred and fifty thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purpose of this Act. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 15, 1968. |