Amendments to R.A. No. 910 Re: Retirement of SC and CA Justices

June 12, 1954

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1057

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TEN ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF BY THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE SYSTEM, AND TO REPEAL COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred and ten is hereby amended by inserting between its sections two and three a new section which shall be known as section Two-A thereof, and which shall read as follows:

"Sec. 2-A.  Any Justice of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeals who ceased to hold such position prior to the approval of this amendatory Act, to accept another position in the Government or who resigned or retired from said courts after the effectivity of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act authorizing the retirement of Justices of the Supreme Court, and making appropriations for the payment of a retirement gratuity", without enjoying the benefits thereunder, shall be entitled to the benefits under the provisions of this Act: Provided, That at the time of his cessation in office or retirement as Justice of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, he possessed all the requirements prescribed by this Act: And provided, further, That the benefits authorized hereunder shall accrue only from the date of the approval of this amendatory Act.

SECTION 2.  Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred and ten is hereby further amended by inserting between its sections three and four a new section to be known as section Three- A thereof, and which shall read as follows:

"Sec. 3-A.  In case the salary of Justices of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeals is increased or decreased such increased or decreased salary shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the salary which a Justice who ceased to be such to accept another position in the Government was receiving at the time of his cessation in office: Provided, That any benefits that have already accrued prior to such increase or decrease shall not be affected thereby."

SECTION 3.  The sum necessary to carry out the purposes of this amendatory Act and Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred and ten, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 12, 1954

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 50, No. 7, p. 2948 in July 1954