Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers
Republic Act No. 1624, enacted on June 20, 1957, amends certain provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 1 regarding the training of reserve officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It increases the regular annual training period for these officers from 21 days to 30 days. Additionally, the Act expands the qualifications for instructors in preparatory military training, allowing qualified male teachers and members of the Reserve Force to serve in this capacity. Instructors may also be required to undergo annual active duty training for up to 30 days, with provisions for their subsistence and transportation. The Act took effect upon its approval.
Quick Answers
- What is Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers about?
- Republic Act No. 1624, enacted on June 20, 1957, amends certain provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 1 regarding the training of reserve officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It increases the regular annual training period for these officers from 21 days to 30 days. Additionally, the Act expands the qualifications for instructors in preparatory military training, allowing qualified male teachers and members of the Reserve Force to serve in this capacity. Instructors may also be required to undergo annual active duty training for up to 30 days, with provisions for their subsistence and transportation. The Act took effect upon its approval.
- What type of law is Republic Act No. 1624?
- Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers (Republic Act No. 1624) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers enacted?
- Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers (Republic Act No. 1624) was enacted on Jun 20, 1957.
- What is the citation for Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers?
- Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers, Republic Act No. 1624, Jun 20, 1957 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 1624
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 20, 1957
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1624
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE, SUB-SECTION (c) OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE BY INCREASING THE REGULAR ANNUAL TRAINING OF RESERVE OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM TWENTY-ONE DAYS TO THIRTY DAYS, AND FURTHER AMENDING SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE BY MAKING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CLASSES OF PERSONS QUALIFIED FOR ASSIGNMENT AS INSTRUCTORS IN THE PREPARATORY MILITARY TRAINING
SECTION 1. Section twenty-one, subsection (c) of Commonwealth Act Numbered One is hereby amended to read as follows: cd
"The President may attach to regular units or may assign to duty with any component of the Regular Force such number of reserve officers as he may deem necessary. All periods of such duty as do not exceed thirty days annually shall be considered as regular annual training; all periods in excess of thirty days annually shall be classed as extended tours of active duty."
SECTION 2. Section eighty-five of Commonwealth Act Numbered One is also amended to read as follows:
"Instructors for cadets shall be assigned from qualified male teachers in schools who are members of the Reserve Force or who have satisfactorily completed any course of military instruction which would qualify a person for a commission in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
"Instructors for the Junior Reserve shall be assigned from the officers and men of the Regular Force or of the Reserve Force.
"Qualified instructors in the Preparatory Military Training may be required by the Chief of Staff to undergo annual active duty training for not more than thirty days in any calendar year. While undergoing such training they shall be furnished subsistence, suitable quarters and transportation furnishable to reserve officers on annual active duty training."
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 20, 1957
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 53, No. 14, p. 4428 on July 31, 1957
Cite This Law
Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers, Republic Act No. 1624, Jun 20, 1957 (Philippines)
Amendment to C.A. No. 1 Re: Increased Regular Annual Training for AFP Reserve Officers, Republic Act No. 1624 (Phil. 1957)
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