Executive Order No. 3 (2016) — INCREASING THE RATES OF COMBAT DUTY PAY AND COMBAT INCENTIVE PAY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND EXTENDING THE SAME ALLOWANCES TO THE UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, AMENDING THEREFOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 38 (s. 2011)

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Section 1 · Combat Duty Pay Section 2 · Persons Entitled to Combat Duty Pay Section 3 · Combat Incentive Pay Section 4 · Funding Requirement Section 5 · Separability Section 6 · Repeal Section 7 · Effectivity

Section 1

Combat Duty Pay

Section 1.

Combat Duty Pay. —The rate of the Combat Duty Pay of the officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP and uniformed personnel of the PNP is hereby fixed at Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000. 00) per month.

Section 2

Persons Entitled to Combat Duty Pay

Section 2.

Persons Entitled to Combat Duty Pay. —Officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP performing combat duties/activities and uniformed personnel of the PNP engaged in actual police operations as defined in regulations to be issued by the Secretary of National Defense and the National Police Commission, respectively, are entitled to receive Combat Duty Pay.

Section 3

Combat Incentive Pay

Section 3.

Combat Incentive Pay. —The members of the AFP and the uniformed personnel of the PNP who figure directly in actual combat against members of various insurgent, terrorist and lawless elements, shall be entitled to an additional Combat Incentive Pay of Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) per day, subject to the following conditions:

(a) the operation must be for a specific combat mission that is duly covered by an OPORD or FRAG-O for the AFP or a Mission Order for the PNP;

(b) the personnel involved in combat must be in the published task organization of the AFP OPORD/FRAG-O or the PNP Mission Order; and

(c) the total additional Combat Incentive Pay for each individual shall not exceed Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) per month.

The Combat Incentive Pay shall be over and above the Combat Duty Pay of P3,000.00 for qualified officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP and qualified uniformed personnel of the PNP. ℒαwρhi৷

Section 4

Funding Requirement

Section 4.

Funding Requirement. —The initial funding requirement necessary to implement this Executive Order shall be drawn from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund. Succeeding funding for this purpose shall be included in the specific budgets of the AFP and PNP, as the case may be, in the General Appropriations Act, provided that the actual roster of military and uniformed personnel of the AFP and PNP is submitted to the Department of Budget and Management. The validated list shall be the basis for allocating funds for the purpose in the succeeding years.

Section 5

Separability

Section 5.

Separability. If any provision of this Executive Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

Section 6

Repeal

Section 6.

Repeal. —All executive orders, rules and regulations and other parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby revoked, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 7

Effectivity

Section 7.

Effectivity. —This Executive Order shall take effect starting 01 September 2016.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Sixteen.

(Sgd.)— RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)— SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary