AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7898, ESTABLISHING THE REVISED AFP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Fifteenth Congress

Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-three day of July, two thousand twelve.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10349

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7898, ESTABLISHING THE REVISED AFP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 4(b), (d) and (e) of Republic Act No. 7898, otherwise known as the "AFP Modernization Act", is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Section 6 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3. Section 7 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4. Section 8 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. Section 9(b) and (c) of the same Act are hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6. Section 11 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 11. All sections of the same Act are hereby amended and renumbered accordingly.

Section 12. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with or contrary to this Act are hereby deemed accordingly repealed or amended.

Section 13. Separability Clause. – If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 14. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of national circulation.

Approved,

This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 6410 and Senate Bill No. 3164 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on September 19, 2012.

Approved: DEC 11 2012

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines