Section 3
SEC. 3. Section eighteen of Republic Act Numbered One hundred thirty-eight is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 18. An enlisted man awaiting trial by court-martial, or the result thereof, is not entitled to receive pay, as distinguished from allowances, until the result of the trial is known: Provided, That any enlisted man who is placed on a full duty status and performs regular duties while awaiting trial by court-martial, or the result thereof, shall be entitled to receive all his pay and allowances for the period of such duty, unless the same shall been lawfully forfeited by the approved sentence of a court-martial prior to actual payment thereof to the enlisted man. For the purposes of this section, the restoration to full duty status of enlisted men awaiting trial by court-martial, or the result thereof, shall be as directed by the Chief of Staff, with the approval of the Secretary of National Defense."