SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred and eighty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 5. No person retired under the provisions of this Act shall be reappointed or reemployed under the Government of the Philippine Islands, until he shall have first refunded the entire amount of his retirement gratuities, and in case of reappointment.or reemployment under this condition, his salary for a period of at least three years thereafter shall not exceed the salary at the time of retirement: Provided, however, That in the computation of the amount of annual gratuity to be paid the person so reappointed, the number of years of service rendered by him shall be counted from the date of his original appointment in the service, and not from the date of his reappointment or reemployment."