Presidential Decree No. 1927 (PD 1927) — Making Uniform the Grant of Longevity Pay to Members of the Judiciary and for Other Purposes

Presidential Decree No. 1927 · Presidential Decree · Approved May 31, 1984 · 3 sections

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Preamble

WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 gives all Justices and judges a monthly longevity pay with the exception of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, the Presiding Justice and Associate Justices of the Sandiganbayan, and the Presiding Judge and Associate Judges of the Court of Tax Appeals; and WHEREAS, it is only fair and just to remove the inequality by granting the same monthly longevity pay to the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, including the other officials thereof given by law the rank, salary and privileges of members of the judiciary, as well as the Justices and Judges of the Sandiganbayan and the Court of Tax Appeals; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, including the other officials thereof given by law the rank, salary and privileges of members of the judiciary, as well as the Justices and Judges of the Sandiganbayan and the Court of Tax Appeals shall be entitled to the monthly longevity pay provided for in Section 42 of Batas Pambansa Blg. one hundred twenty-nine.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The provisions of this Decree shall be implemented at the same time, in the same manner and to the same extent as the original provisions of Section 42 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129. Done in the City of Manila this 31st day of May in the Year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty four.

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