Presidential Appointment of Reserve Officers

Section 1 authorizes appointments notwithstanding the provisions of Section four (c) of Republic Act No. 291.
Appointments are made under rules and regulations the President may prescribe under Section 1.
Appointments require the recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense under Section 1.

Within the first year from effectivity, the President may appoint reserve officers into the regular force with a cap of not to exceed one hundred and fifty officers under Section 1.
After the first year, the President may appoint reserve officers with a yearly cap of not to exceed fifty officers yearly under Section 1.
The authority covers reserve officers above the grade of Second Lieutenant under Section 1.
The appointment authority applies within a period of three years from effectivity under Section 1.

In computing the years of active service of any reserve officer, the officer is credited with the number of years of active service rendered after the date of appointment under the first proviso in Section 1.

Any probationary period required under the Act cannot extend beyond the Act’s period of effectivity under the second proviso in Section 1.