AN ACT DECLARING THE LAST FULL WEEK OF AUGUST ASARMED FORCES OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WEEK
Armed Forces of the Filipino People Week
Year:
2015
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
July 6, 2015
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This Act declares the last full week of August as Armed Forces of the Filipino People Week to recognize the contributions of past and present Filipino military officers and personnel. The Department of National Defense is tasked with urging citizens to observe this week and to hold related programs and activities.Full Text
Sixteenth Congress
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand fourteen.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10664
AN ACT DECLARING THE LAST FULL WEEK OF AUGUST ASARMED FORCES OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WEEK
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title, - This Act shall be known as the "Armed Forces of the Filipino People Week".
Section 2. Armed Forces of the Filipino People Week. - To give due recognition to the important role and contributions of past and present Filipino military officers and personnel, the last full week of August is hereby declared the Armed Forces of the Filipino People Week.
Section 3. Lead Agency. - The Department of National Defense (DND) shall urge all citizens to recognize an " Armed Forces of the Filipino People Week" and shall hold programs and activites in observance of the event.
Section 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The DND shall promulgate the appropriate rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act within sixty (60) days from its approval.
Section 5. Effectivity.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on September 10, 2014 and May 4,2015, respectively.
Approved: July 6, 2015
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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