Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Section 6 of Republic Act No. 11709 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 6.Compulsory Retirement for Military Personnel. -

(a) The following officers of the AFP shall be compulsorily retired:

(1) Those in the grades of Second Lieutenant/Ensign (O-1) to Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral (O-9), upon reaching the age of fifty-seven (57) years old, or upon accumulation of thirty (30) years of satisfactory active duty, whichever comes later;

(2) The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under Section 2(a) of this Act, upon completion of the tour of duty or upon relief by the President;

(3) Those occupying a key position under Section 2(b) of this Act, upon completion of the tour of duty, or upon the relief by the President; and

(4) Those commissioned under Presidential Decree No. 1908, and those appointed in the Corps of Professors upon reaching the age of sixty (60) years old or completion of twenty (20) years of satisfactory active duty, whichever comes later.

(b) An enlisted personnel shall be compulsorily retired upon accumulation of at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory active duty or upon reaching the age of fifty-seven (57) years old, whichever comes later."