Section 9
SEC. 9. For the purposes of this Act, the periods of service of an officer or enlisted man shall be credited as follows: (a) Active service rendered by him as a commissioned officer or enlisted man of the Philippine Constabulary, of the Regular or Reserve Force, Army or Armed Forces of the Philippines, of the Philippine National Guard, and as a cadet in the Philippine Constabulary or Philippine Military Academy, in the United States Military or Naval Academy, or in a Philippine or American Air Forces Flying School, or as a recognized guerrilla, shall be given full credit: Provided, That any officer who was not immediately commissioned upon graduation from the Philippine Constabulary or Philippine Military Academy or from the United States Military or Naval Academy or Philippine or American Air Forces Flying School prior to nineteen hundred thirty-six for reasons not due to his own act or omission shall be deemed to have been in the active service for all purposes of this Act from the date of his graduation. (b) Active service rendered by him as a commissioned officer or enlisted man of the Army of the United States or Philippine Scouts up to July fourth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, shall in any case be counted in determining whether he has completed the minimum or maximum length of service for retirement under section one of this Act. (c) If he has rendered at least ten years of active service in the Army or Armed Forces of the Philippines, service rendered by him as in (b) above shall be counted in computing the amount of his retirement pay or gratuity under section two, or the amount of gratuity incident to his separation for physical disability under the proviso contained in section eight, of this Act: Provided, That in no case shall any period of service for which an officer or enlisted man has received or is receiving retirement pay from the United States Government be counted in computing the amount of retirement pay or gratuity which he shall be entitled to receive from the Philippine Government. If he has rendered less than ten years of service in the Army or Armed Forces of the Philippines, then only the number of years actually served therein shall be counted in computing the amount of retirement pay or gratuity payable to him under this Act. (d) Any period of service amounting to six months or more shall be counted as a complete year.