Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. Subsection nine, Section nineteen, Article VIII of Presidential Decree Numbered Eight hundred seven is hereby amended to read as follows:

“(9) Those who acquired civil service eligibility by virtue of having passed civil service examinations or having obtained their equivalents may avail of said eligibilities at any time during their lifetime.”

SEC. 2. The benefits granted under this Act shall apply to those who had earlier lost their civil service eligibilities under Subsection nine, Section nineteen of Article VIII of Presidential Decree Numbered Eight hundred seven.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, April 16, 1982.