AMENDING SECTION ONE OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 352 PROVING FOR SPECIAL GROUP TERM INSURANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM OR OTHER INSURANCE FIRMS FOR MEMBERS OF T…

WHEREAS, the primary responsibility for the preservation of
peace, order and security of the country rests on the members of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines and the Integrated National Police who are
increasingly exposed to dangers to life and limb in their tasks of suppressing
the activities of insurgents and lawless elements;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide increased group
insurance coverage for members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the
Integrated National Police as a measure of financial amelioration for their
dependents and to maintain their efficiency while performing their
aforementioned tasks;

WHEREAS, the Special Group Term Insurance coverage for
members of the Armed Forces of P6.000.00 is very inadequate for the protection
and security of the members and their family in view of the present high cost of
living.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:

SECTION 1. Section One of Presidential Decree No. 352 is
hereby amended to read as follows:

“1. Subject to such terms and conditions as may be mutually acceptable to the
Government Service Insurance System or other insurance firms and the Chief of
Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, including the rates of insurance
premiums (fifty percent) to be paid by each member of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines and the Integrated National Police and by the Government as its
counterpart premium contribution (remaining fifty percent), and approved by the
Minister of National Defense, each member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
and the Integrated National Police in the active service to include cadets of
the Philippine Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School,
Probationary Officers, trainees and draftees, shall be insured under an annual
Special Group Term Coverage program renewable annually thereafter, for not
exceeding P12.000.00 per said member, in addition to such compulsory insurance
for members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Integrated National
Police by the Government Service Insurance System as provided by
existing law.”

SECTION 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila this 11th day of January, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty-five.