MAKING UNIFORM THE GRANT OF LONGEVITY PAY TO MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1927
• Sections: 3

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.