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Republic Act
Approved May 08, 2010

Republic Act No. 10084

An act granting survivorship benefits to the surviving legitimate spouse of a deceased retired member of the commission on audit, civil service commission on elections and the ombudsman, and for other purposes

AN ACT GRANTING SURVIVORSHIP BENEFITS TO THE SURVIVING LEGITIMATE SPOUSE OF A DECEASED RETIRED MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE OMBUDSMAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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A law that grants monthly survivorship benefits to the legitimate spouse of a deceased retired member of the Commission on Audit, Commission on Elections, Civil Service Commission, or Ombudsman, providing benefits equivalent to those the deceased received, subject to certain conditions.

  • Survivor entitled to monthly benefits equivalent to deceased’s benefits
  • Funding from current appropriations and future General Appropriations Act
  • Effectivity after 15 days of publication
Survivorship Benefits
Retirement
Commission on Audit
Commission on Elections
Civil Service Commission
Ombudsman

Fourteenth Congress Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10084

AN ACT GRANTING SURVIVORSHIP BENEFITS TO THE SURVIVING LEGITIMATE SPOUSE OF A DECEASED RETIRED MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE OMBUDSMAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

In case of the death of a retired Chairman or Commissioner of the Commission on Audit, the Commission on Elections, the Civil Service Commission and the Ombudsman, the surviving legitimate spouse of said deceased retiree shall be entitled to receive on a monthly basis all the retirement benefits that the said deceased retiree was receiving at the time of his/her demise under the provisions of applicable retirement laws then in force. The said surviving legitimate spouse shall continue to receive such retirement benefits during his/her lifetime or until he/she remarries: Provided, That if the surviving legitimate spouse is receiving benefits under existing retirement laws, he/she shall only be entitled to the difference between the amount provided for in this Act and the benefits he/she is receiving.

Section 2

Funds for the initial implementation of this Act shall be taken out of the current appropriations for the retirement of the chairman and commissioners of the constitutional commissions as well as the Ombudsman and/or savings of said constitutional commissions and the Ombudsman. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued implementation hereof shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 3

This Act shall taken effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

| (Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate | (Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES Speaker of the House of Representatives |

This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 5444 and Senate Bill No. 3567 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on December 10, 2008 and February 1, 2010, respectively.

EMMA LIRIO-REYES

Secretary of Senate

MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP

Secretary General House of Represenatives

Approved: MAY 08, 2010

GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

President of the Philippines

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.