An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Revised Administrative Code
Year:
1946
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
October 17, 1946
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This Act amends Section Twenty-Nine of the Revised Administrative Code to specify the legal holidays in the Philippines, including Holy Week, Christmas Day, and other designated dates. It aims to clarify the legal recognition of these holidays.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 57
An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Revised Administrative Code
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, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: October 17, 1946
"Sec. 29. Legal holidays.— Thursday and Friday of Holy Week, Christmas Day, and Sundays are legal religious holidays.
"The other 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."
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