Section 13Sec./Art. 13

Age Requirement for Commissionship. -Unless otherwise provided herein, all officers appointed to the Regular Force shall have an initial appointment in the grade of Second Lieutenant (O-1) and shall not be less than twenty-one (21) but not more than twenty-eight (28) years old.:Provided,That the original appointment in the Nurse Corps and Medical Administrative Corps, and in the Dental Service and Veterinary Corps shall be in the grade of Second Lieutenant (O-1) and First Lieutenant (O-2), respectively, from among applications who at the time of appointment shall be at least twenty-one (21) but not more than thirty (30) years old:Provided, further,That those commissioned under Presidential Decree No. 1908, namely, the original appointment in the Judge Advocate General's Service, Medical Corps, and the Chaplain Service, and those appointed in the Corps of Professors shall be not less than twenty-five (25) but not more than forty (40) years old at the time of appointment and shall be in the grade of Captain (O-3).

In accordance with this Act and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations, noncommissioned officers of the Regular Force of the AFP, who have shown outstanding ability and have rendered exceptional service may be appointed in the grade of Second Lieutenant (O-1) in the Regular Force by the President upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense.