Amendment on Guerrilla Claims Registration

Section 1 amends Section one of Republic Act No. 304.
Section 1 recognizes that Republic Act No. 304 had already been amended by Republic Act No. 897.
Section 1 adds specific additional provisos governing who is considered a member of guerrilla forces for the purposes of the Act.

Section 1 provides that, for purposes of Republic Act No. 304, a person is considered a member of any guerrilla forces duly recognized by the army of the United States if his name appears in the reconstructed roster furnished by the United States army to the Philippines.
Section 1 provides that a person is also considered a member if his name has been deleted from the reconstructed roster of troops.
Section 1 further provides that a person is considered a member if the record repositories of the Armed Forces of the Philippines show that he served in a duly recognized guerrilla unit whose recognition was never revoked.
Section 1 requires, in addition to the Armed Forces records, that the person was processed or returned to or under the military control and/or under the said unit.
Section 1 also requires that the person actually received his arrears in pay from the United States army.

Section 1 bars benefit entitlement by providing that no member of any recognized guerrilla forces under Republic Act No. 304 as amended is entitled to its benefits unless he filed his application for such benefits within the period fixed by law.