REPUBLIC ACT NO. 645 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS TO APPOINT OFFICERS FROM THE RESERVE FORCE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES ABOVE THE GRADE OF SECOND LIEUTENANT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section four ( c ) of Republic Act Numbered Two hundred and ninety-one, and under such rules and regulations as the President of the Philippines may prescribe, the President, within a period of three years from the effectivity of this Act and upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense, is hereby authorized to appoint reserve officers into the regular force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the number of appointees not to exceed one hundred and fifty officers in the first year, and not to exceed fifty officers yearly, thereafter: Provided, That in the computation of the years of active service of any reserve officer, he shall be credited with the number of years of active service rendered after the date of appointment: Provided, further, That no probationary period that may be required under this Act shall extend beyond the period of effectivity of this Act.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1952.

Approved, June 12, 1951.