Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Legal Holidays
Republic Act No. 57, approved on October 17, 1946, amends Section 29 of the Revised Administrative Code. The amendment designates specific days as legal holidays, including Holy Week (Thursday and Friday), Christmas Day, Sundays, and other holidays such as January 1, May 1, July 4, November 30, December 30, and the day of a general election. This Act takes effect immediately upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 57
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 17, 1946
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
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:
"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."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: October 17, 1946
Not published in the Official Gazette
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Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Legal Holidays, Republic Act No. 57, Oct 17, 1946 (Philippines)
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Legal Holidays, Republic Act No. 57 (Phil. 1946)
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