Height Requirement for PNP, BFP, BJMP, BuCor

Section 2 amends Section 30 of Republic Act No. 6975 (as amended) on general qualifications for appointment to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Section 3 amends Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9263 on professionalization and minimum qualifications for appointment to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and BJMP uniformed personnel.
Section 4 amends Section 11 of Republic Act No. 10575 on professionalization and minimum qualifications for appointment to BuCor personnel.
The Act focuses specifically on minimum height requirements for male and female applicants (Sections 2–4).

Section 2 requires that a person must be at least one meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57 m.) in height for males and one meter and fifty-two centimeters (1.52 m.) for females to be appointed as an officer or member of the PNP (Section 30, Republic Act No. 6975, as amended by Section 2).
Section 3 requires that a person must be at least one meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57 m.) for males and one meter and fifty-two centimeters (1.52 m.) for females to be appointed as uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BJMP (Section 4, Republic Act No. 9263, as amended by Section 3).
Section 4 requires that a person must be at least one meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57 m.) for males and one meter and fifty-two centimeters (1.52 m.) for females to be appointed as BuCor personnel (Section 11(a)(8), Republic Act No. 10575, as amended by Section 4).

Section 2 provides an automatic waiver of the height requirement for applicants belonging to cultural communities/indigenous peoples (Section 30, Republic Act No. 6975, as amended by Section 2).
Section 3 provides an automatic waiver for applicants belonging to cultural communities/indigenous peoples covering both the height and age requirements for BFP and BJMP applicants (Section 4, Republic Act No. 9263, as amended by Section 3).
Section 4 allows a waiver for height and age requirements for applicants belonging to cultural communities/indigenous peoples for BuCor appointment (Section 11(a), Republic Act No. 10575, as amended by Section 4).

Section 4 adds that, for BuCor applicants, a new applicant must not be less than twenty-one (21) or more than forty (40) years of age (Section 11(a), Republic Act No. 10575, as amended by Section 4).
Section 4 provides that, except for the specific BuCor age provision, the enumerated qualifications in the amended BuCor section are continuing in character and the absence of any enumerated qualification at any given time is a ground for separation or retirement from the service (Section 11(a), Republic Act No. 10575, as amended by Section 4).
Section 4 grants existing BuCor personnel a transition period of five (5) years from the Act’s effectivity to obtain the minimum educational qualification and eligibility, with subsidiary assistance as provided in the Act (Section 11(a), Republic Act No. 10575, as amended by Section 4).

Within ninety (90) days from the Act’s effectivity, the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Justice must promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to implement the Act (Section 5).
The promulgation must be done in coordination with the Civil Service Commission, National Police Commission, PNP, BFP, BJMP, and BuCor (Section 5).

Section 6 contains a separability clause: if any part, section, or provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the unaffected provisions remain valid and subsisting.
Section 7 provides that all laws, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, other issuances, or parts thereof that are inconsistent with Republic Act No. 11549 are repealed or modified accordingly.

The Act was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on March 15, 2021.
The Act was approved by the President of the Philippines on May 26, 2021.