An Act Declaring September 3 of Every Year a Special Working Public Holiday Throughout the Country, in Commemoration of the Surrender of the Japanese Military Forces Led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City
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2019
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Date Approved:
February 14, 2019
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This Act declares September 3 of every year as a special working public holiday throughout the Philippines. It commemorates the surrender of the Japanese military forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City.Full Text
Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11216
An Act Declaring September 3 of Every Year a Special Working Public Holiday Throughout the Country, in Commemoration of the Surrender of the Japanese Military Forces Led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. September 3 of every year is hereby declared a special working public holiday throughout the country, in commemoration of the surrender of the Japanese military forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita at the American High Commissioner’s Residence in Camp John Hay, Baguio City.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on May 29, 2017, amended by the Senate on November 26, 2018, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on December 4, 2018, respectively.
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: February 14, 2019
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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