QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1910)
PD No. 1910 authorizes female military members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to marry upon completion of at least three (3) years of continuous active service, instead of being automatically separated/discharged immediately upon marriage.
She shall be automatically separated unless, at the time of the marriage, she has already completed at least three (3) years of continuous active military service in the AFP.
At least three (3) years of continuous active military service in the AFP.
RA 3825 provided that officers and enlisted personnel of the Women’s Auxiliary Corps who contract marriage shall be automatically separated or discharged. PD No. 1910 relaxes this by allowing marriage without automatic separation if the member has at least three years of continuous active service.
PD No. 1043 set five (5) years of continuous active service as the prerequisite for members of the Women’s Auxiliary Corps to marry without being separated/discharged. PD No. 1910 further reduces the prerequisite to three (3) years.
The text states that current AFP regulations governing members of the Nurse Corps contain the same restriction (i.e., a required continuous active service period before marriage without separation/discharge).
It applies to “any female commissioned officer or enlisted woman” in the AFP, not only Women’s Auxiliary Corps members, thereby aligning the restriction with similar regulations affecting other female corps (e.g., Nurse Corps).
The female member must already have completed at least three (3) years of continuous active military service in the AFP at the time she contracts marriage.
They may be called to active duty or reinstated, subject to the three-year continuous active service condition and in accordance with rules and regulations the Chief of Staff, AFP may prescribe.
The Chief of Staff, AFP may prescribe the rules and regulations governing the call to active duty or reinstatement, subject to the condition stated in Section 1 of PD No. 1910.
It repeals or modifies any laws, decrees, letters of instructions, presidential or executive orders, and rules and regulations that are inconsistent with PD No. 1910.
It takes effect upon its approval.
It cites demoralization and claims that such laws and regulations violate perceived rights and are prejudicial to welfare, especially since the restriction is not applied to civilian counterparts in other government service.
She will be automatically separated because she has not met the three (3) years of continuous active military service requirement at the time of marriage.
No. Automatic separation is waived if she already completed at least three (3) years of continuous active military service at the time she contracts marriage.
Section 2 provides that inconsistent provisions are repealed or modified accordingly, and the decree expressly relates back to earlier restrictions under RA 3825 and PD 1043 by setting the new three-year rule.