An Act Declaring April 27 of Every Year as a Special Working Public Holiday Throughout the Country and a Special Nonworking Holiday in the City of Lapu-Lapu, Province of Cebu, to Commemorate the Victory of Lapu-Lapu and his Men Over the Spaniards Led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Historic Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, To be known as Lapu-Lapu Day or Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu
Lapu-Lapu Day
Year:
2018
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 29, 2018
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This Act declares April 27 of every year as a special working public holiday throughout the Philippines and a special nonworking holiday in the City of Lapu-Lapu, Cebu. It commemorates the victory of Lapu-Lapu and his men over the Spaniards in the historic Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521.Full Text
Seventeenth Congress
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand seventeen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11040
An Act Declaring April 27 of Every Year as a Special Working Public Holiday Throughout the Country and a Special Nonworking Holiday in the City of Lapu-Lapu, Province of Cebu, to Commemorate the Victory of Lapu-Lapu and his Men Over the Spaniards Led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Historic Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, To be known as Lapu-Lapu Day or Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Lapu-Lapu Day. - The twenty-seventh day of April of every year is hereby declared as a special working public holiday throughout the country and a special nonworking holiday in the City of Lapu-Lapu, Province of Cebu, to commemorate the victory of Lapu-Lapu and his men over the Spaniards in the historic Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, to be known as Lapu-Lapu Day or Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu.
Section 2. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealead or modified accordingly.
Section 3. Effectivity. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
Approved,
PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ
Speaker of the House of Representatives
AQUILINO "KOKO" PIMENTEL III
President of the Senate
This Act which is consolidation of Senate Bill No. 108 and House Bill 6782 was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on March 20, 2018 and March 21, 2018, respectively.
CESAR STRAIT PAREJA
Secretary General
House of Representatives
LUTGARDO B. BARBO
Secretary of Senate
Approved: June 29, 2018
RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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