An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Otherwise Known as the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Seven
Year:
1948
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 12, 1948
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This Act amends Section 29 of the Revised Administrative Code to clarify the legal holidays in the Philippines. It specifies the dates recognized as legal holidays and provides guidance on how to observe holidays that fall on Sundays.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 243
An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Otherwise Known as the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Seven
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section twenty-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-seven, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 12, 1948.
"Sec. 29. Legal holidays.— Thursday and Friday of Holy Week, Christmas Day, and Sundays are legal religious holidays.
"The legal holidays are: the first of January, the first of May, the fourth of July, the thirtieth of November, the thirtieth of December, and the day appointed by law for the holding of a general election: Provided, However, That when any regular holiday of fixed date falls on Sundays, the next succeeding date shall be observed as legal holiday."
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