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

SECTION 1. Republic Act Numbered Five hundred seventy-three is amended by inserting the following section between sections ten and eleven thereof:

"SEC. 10-A. The provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, all enlistments of enlisted men serving with the Philippine Expeditionary Force shall continue in force as long as the Philippines continues to maintain the said force overseas, unless sooner terminated by the President pursuant to any approved sentence of a court-martial: Provided, That nothing herein shall operate to prevent the reenlistment of an enlisted man in the Armed Forces of the Philippines on the date immediately following the expiration of three years from the date of his last enlistment.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved May 9, 1952.