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An Act Making Flag Ceremony Compulsory in All Educational Institutions

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1955

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Date Approved:

June 11, 1955

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This Act mandates that all educational institutions observe a daily flag ceremony, which must include the playing or singing of the Philippine National Anthem. It also authorizes the Secretary of Education to issue regulations for the proper conduct of the ceremony and outlines penalties for non-compliance.
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 1265

An Act Making Flag Ceremony Compulsory in All Educational Institutions

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. All educational institutions shall henceforth observe daily flag ceremony, which shall be simple and dignified and shall include the playing or singing of the Philippine National Anthem.

Section 2. The Secretary of Education is hereby authorized and directed to issue or cause to be issued rules and regulations for the proper conduct of the flag ceremony herein provided.

Section 3. Failure or refusal to observe the flag ceremony provided by this Act and in accordance with rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of Education, after proper notice and hearing, shall subject the educational institution concerned and its head to public censure as an administrative punishment which shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation.

In case of failure to observe for the second time the flag ceremony provided by this Act, the Secretary of Education, after proper notice and hearing, shall cause the cancellation of the recognition or permit of the private educational institution responsible for such failure.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 11, 1955.


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