Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Privileges for the Senior Citizens. The senior citizens shall be entitled to the following:

a. the grant of twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments relative to utilization of transportation services, hotels and similar lodging establishment, restaurants and recreation centers and purchase of medicine anywhere in the country:Provided,That private establishments may claim the cost as tax credit;

b. a minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees charged by theaters, cinema houses and concert halls, circuses, carnivals and other similar places of culture, leisure, and amusement;

c. exemption from the payment of individual income taxes:Provided,That their annual taxable income does not exceed the property level as determined by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for that year;

d. exemption form training fees for socioeconomic programs undertaken by the OSCA as part of its work;

e. free medical and dental services in government establishment anywhere in the country, subject to guidelines to be issued by the Department of Health, the Government Service Insurance System and the Social Security System;

f. to the extent practicable and feasible, the continuance of the same benefits and privileges given by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Social Security System (SSS) and PAG-IBIG, as the case may be, as are enjoyed by those in actual service.