Be it enacted by  the  Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in  Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1. Section  five of Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred and eighty-nine is hereby amended to  read as follows:

  "SEC. 5. No person retired under the provisions of this Act shall be reappointed or  reemployed  under the Government of the Philippine Islands, until he shall have first refunded the entire amount of his retirement gratuities, and in case of reappointment.or reemployment under this condition, his salary for a period of at least three years thereafter shall not exceed the salary at the time of retirement: Provided,  however, That in the computation of the amount of annual gratuity to be paid the person so  reappointed, the number of years of service rendered by him shall be counted from the date of his original appointment in the service, and not from the date of his reappointment or reemployment."

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

Approved,  November 27,  1925.