PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 480 - AN
ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (c) OF SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, BY PROVIDING THAT ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS IN
THE DENTAL CORPS SHALL BE IN THE GRADE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT |
Section 1.
Subsection (c) of section four of Republic Act Numbered Two hundred and
ninety-one is hereby amended to read as follows: "(c) Except as hereinafter authorized or unless otherwise expressly provided by law, all initial appointments of Regular Officers shall be in the grade of second lieutenant. Priority in filling vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant will be given: first, to graduates of the Philippine Military Academy or of the United States Military or Naval Academy or Philippiner Force or United Statesr Force Flying Schools; second, to honor graduates of senior military training units in schools and colleges; third, to enlisted men who, at the time of appointment, shall have served for at least one full term of enlistment in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and have such other qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense; and fourth, others who shall have such qualifications as the Secretary of National Defense shall prescribe: Provided, That original appointments in the Judge Advocate General's Service, the Medical Corps, and the Dental Corps shall be in the grade of first lieutenant from among applicants who, at the time of appointment, shall be not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty-five years of age, and in addition shall have engaged in the practice of law for at least two years, if appointment is to be made in the Judge Advocate General's Service; and shall have engaged in the practice of medicine or dentistry for at least two years, if appointment is to be made in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps: Provided, further, That the President may appoint professors without military rank for the Military Academy, with such compensation as he may prescribe or in such commissioned grades of the Regular Force as he may determine, such professors, associate professors and assistant professors, to be carried as separate roster and in addition to the number of commissioned officers prescribed." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 10, 1950 |