"Sec. 3. For the purpose of this Decree, active service of a military person shall mean active service rendered by him as a commissioned officer, enlisted man, cadet, probationary officer, trainee or draftee in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and service rendered by him as a civilian official or employee in the Philippine Government prior to the date of his separation or retirement from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, for which military and/or civilian service he shall have received pay from the Philippine Government and/or such other as may hereafter be prescribed by law as active service; Provided, That for purposes of retirement, he shall have rendered at least ten (10) years of active service as an officer or enlisted man in the Armed Forces of the Philippines; and Provided further, That no period of such civilian government service no longer than this active military service shall be credited for purposes of retirement.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of November, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.