Government contribution.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Government contribution.—Beginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and annually thereafter, there shall be included in the total sums appropriated for salary or compensation of each regular member in the National Government service, except officers and enlisted men of the Philippine Army, an amount equivalent to three per centum of his basic salary or compensation, plus the extra premium on his membership policy due to extra hazards of his occupation, as the Government's contribution for the payment of the premiums on the insurance of its employees as provided in this Act: Provided, That at the termination of maturity of the membership policy, the Government's contributions shall cease unless the member acquires a new membership policy, which, however, shall be granted only upon satisfactory evidence of insurability and upon payment by him of all extra premiums that may be required by such new policy: And provided, further. That if a member is transferred from one branch. office. or agency of the Government to another, the former shall be relieved of paying further for such member its contributions, which the latter in turn shall assume and continue to pay, appropriating therefor the necessary amounts. The appropriation for this purpose for the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven shall be in an amount equal to the total estimated deductions from the basic salary or compensation of each such regular member as authorized in section five hereof. The Metropolitan Water District and all the Government boards or agencies subject to compulsory membership under the provisions of section four herein, shall, for the same purpose, also provide in their annual appropriations the necessary amounts for their contributions to the System on the basis of three per centum of the basic salary or compensation of their permanent employees, plus the corresponding extra premiums due to extra hazards, if there be any. Provincial, city, and municipal governments, the corporations owned or controlled by the Government, and the University of the Philippines shall, likewise, appropriate annually, if they join the System, an amount equivalent to three per centum of the basic salary or pay of their respective permanent employees, plus the corresponding extra premiums due to extra hazards if there be any. The said provincial, city, and municipal governments shall, likewise, appropriate the necessary amounts for their contribution to the compulsory insurance of their respective employees under the System, as provided in section four hereof. Likewise, such portion of the annual appropriation for the Philippine Army as may be necessary for the payment of extra premiums on the membership policies of officers and enlisted men thereof shall be transferred monthly to the System for the purposes provided herein.