Section 2
SEC. 2. If an officer or employee separated or retired under the provisions of this Act is entitled to the benefits of Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred and eighty-nine, as amended, or to the benefits of any law or special pension fund created by authority of the Philippine Legislature, such as the Teachers' Retirement and Disability Fund by virtue of Act Numbered Three thousand fifty, as amended, the Pension and Retirement Fund of the Philippine Health Service under Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and seventy-three, and the Pension and Retirement Fund of the Philippine Constabulary under Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and thirty-eight, or by the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines, he shall have the privilege to choose between the benefits prescribed in said Acts or resolution of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines, and those herein provided for; but in no case shall the payment of gratuity under more than one Act or resolution be authorized. If he chooses the benefits granted by the special pension or Retirement Act or resolution, he shall be retired under the provisions of said Act or resolution if he is entitled to its benefits; in case he prefers the gratuity provided for in this Act, he shall be granted such gratuity, and the amounts deducted from his salary as contribution to the Teachers' Retirement and Disability Fund, the Pension and Retirement Fund of the Philippine Health Service or the Pension and Retirement Fund of the Philippine Constabulary, or the Retirement Fund of the University of the Philippines, as the case may be, shall be refunded to him, and in the case of the Teachers' Retirement and Disability Fund, said fund shall also return to the general funds of the insular, provincial or city government concerned the corresponding direct contributions made to said special fund by the insular, provincial or city government, as the case may be.