AN ACT DECLARING DECEMBER 29 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY AND NO CLASS DAY IN SCHOOLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEON, PROVINCE OF ILOILO IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN JOSE CALUGAS SR. TO BE KNOWN AS "JOSE CALUGAS DAY"
Jose Calugas Day
Year:
2016
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Other
Date Approved:
May 11, 2016
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This Act declares December 29 of every year as a special working holiday and a no class day in schools in the Municipality of Leon, Province of Iloilo, in honor of Captain Jose Calugas Sr. It aims to recognize the contributions of Captain Calugas to the nation.Full Text
Sixteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen.
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10805, May 11, 2016 ]
AN ACT DECLARING DECEMBER 29 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY AND NO CLASS DAY IN SCHOOLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEON, PROVINCE OF ILOILO IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN JOSE CALUGAS SR. TO BE KNOWN AS "JOSE CALUGAS DAY"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. December 29 of every year is declared a special working holiday and no class day in schools in the Municipality of Leon, Province of Iloilo in honor of Captain Jose Calugas Sr. to be known as "Jose Calugas Day".
Section 2. For work performed on a special working holiday, an employee is entitled to his/her regular wage.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on March 16, 2015, amended by the Senate of December 14, 2015, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on January 25, 2016.
Approved: MAY 11, 2016
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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