EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 62, September 06, 1954

FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 5-c OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 601 DATED JUNE 26, 1953, ENTITLED “PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS IN THE REGULAR FORCE, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES”, AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 644, DATED NOVEMBER 21, 1953.

Section 5-c of Executive Order No. 601, dated June 26, 1953, as amended by Executive Order No. 644, dated November 21, 1953, is hereby further amended by including a new sub-paragraph, numbered (5), reading as follows:

“(5) Those who do not qualify under any of the categories mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) above but who have at least four years of active commissioned service on July 1st prior to the period (as specified in Section 2 of this Order) in which they are appointed shall be placed at the bottom of the promotion list for Lieutenants Junior Grade in effect on the date of their appointment.”

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of Sept., in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO

Executive Secretary