QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 5254)
The law is Republic Act No. 5254, enacted on June 15, 1968. Its purpose is to provide a subsistence allowance of at least three pesos and fifty centavos per day to officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the active status.
All officers and enlisted men of the AFP in the active status.
No. The allowance is granted “irrespective of their rank or grade.”
Not less than three pesos and fifty centavos per day.
It means that despite any existing law or executive order that might conflict, R.A. No. 5254 controls and grants the stated subsistence allowance.
It is a “basic allowance for subsistence.”
It authorizes the appropriation of thirty-two million pesos (or such other sum as may be necessary) from funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the Act.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to effect the provisions of the Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Upon its approval.
R.A. No. 5254 applies, because it expressly overrides any conflicting provisions of law or executive orders.
No. The text grants entitlement based on being an officer or enlisted man of the AFP in the active status, and the amount is irrespective of rank/grade.
The text provided specifies a daily minimum (“not less than three pesos and fifty centavos per day”) but does not detail further computation rules.
It indicates the allowance is intended for sustenance needs and is characterized as a basic allowance, not dependent on rank/grade under the stated minimum.
Section 2 requires that after the initial appropriation, future funding needed for the Act must be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.