Section 5Sec./Art. 5

Section 12 of Republic Act No. 6948 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 12. Eligibility.

For the death of a veteran in line of duty or at any time after honorable discharge or separation from the service as a result of wounds, or injury received or sickness of disease incurred in line of duty or as a consequence of the performance of duty, and of a political prisoner who died in prison or was killed by the enemy armed forces during World War II, the surviving spouse and unmarried minor children or, in default thereof, the parents, except those who for the same reason are actually receiving a similar pension from other government funds or from the United States Government, shall be given a pension of One thousand pesos (₱1,000.00) a month for the surviving spouse and One thousand pesos (₱1,000.00) a month for each unmarried minor child until the surviving spouse remarries or dies, and until the minor child dies, marries, or reaches the age of eighteen (18), or one thousand pesos (₱1,000.00) for each parent with the right of accretion, until they die."