Amendment to Age Requirement for Security Guards

The Circular is anchored on Section 5(d), Republic Act (RA) 5487, as amended.
It amends Rule V, Section 2(b) and Section 3(d) of the 2003 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 5487.
The Circular is issued to correct a conflict between the minimum age requirement in RA 5487, as amended and the 2003 IRR age language in Rule V.

The Circular corrects the minimum age requirement for private security guards, watchmen, and private detectives.
The Circular changes the minimum age from 18 years old to 21 years old.
The Circular aligns employment qualifications for private security professionals with existing laws.

The amended age requirements apply to private security professionals covered by Rule V of the 2003 IRR of RA 5487, specifically those referred to as security guard, watchman, and private detective.
The amendment governs both new applicants and SGs in non-supervisory position under Rule V, Section 3(d).

Section 2(b) of Rule V is amended to require “Not less than twenty-one (21) years of age.”
Section 3(d) of Rule V is amended to require “Not less than twenty-one (21) years of age nor more than fifty (50) years of age (for new applicants and SGs in non-supervisory position).”
The effect of the amendments is that the minimum age ceiling for eligibility in the amended provisions becomes 21 years old.
The amended Section 3(d) keeps the maximum age limit at fifty (50) years of age for new applicants and SGs in non-supervisory position.

All PNP issuances that are contrary to or inconsistent with PNP Memorandum Circular No. 2015-017 are amended or repealed accordingly.
The Circular establishes that it controls over inconsistent PNP rules affecting the minimum age requirement in the referenced Rule V sections.

The Circular takes effect after fifteen (15) days from filing of a copy at the University of the Philippines Law Center.
The publication/filing effectivity is in consonance with Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 2, Book VII of Executive Order No. 292, otherwise known as “The Revised Administrative Code of 1987,” as amended.