QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 1231)
RA 1231 authorizes the President to appoint a limited number of reserve officer pilot graduates (from specified Air Force flying schools) into the regular force of the Philippine Air Force, notwithstanding certain provisions of RA 291, within a set period and under prescribed conditions.
RA 1231 explicitly provides an exception “notwithstanding” the provisions of Section 4(b) and (c) of Republic Act No. 291.
The President may appoint the qualified reserve officer pilots within two (2) years from the effectivity of RA 1231.
Not to exceed thirty (30) reserve officer pilots.
They are appointed into the “regular force, Philippine Air Force,” in officer grades higher than second lieutenant.
The appointees must be placed in grades higher than second lieutenant.
They must be graduates of the Philippine Air Force Flying School or the United States Air Force Flying School.
Upon their graduation, they were qualified for appointment as second lieutenants in the regular force, Philippine Air Force, under RA 291.
Appointments must be made upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense.
The President of the Philippines.
The President may prescribe “such rules and regulations as the President… may prescribe” to implement the Act, while still adhering to its limits and conditions.
It is specifically for “reserve officer pilots,” so the statute contemplates persons in that reserve officer pilot status who also meet the school and graduation qualification requirements.
It refers to appointment into active/regular Philippine Air Force officer service, not merely continued service in the reserve force.
The Act takes effect upon its approval.
June 7, 1955.
It indicates that despite the restrictions or requirements found in Section 4(b) and (c) of RA 291, RA 1231 authorizes appointments under its own specified conditions.