An Act Amending Act No. 345, as Amended by Act No. 1671

April 30, 1908

ACT NO. 1818

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE DAYS WHICH SHALL BE OBSERVED AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED, AMONG OTHERS BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, SO AS TO MAKE THE FIRST DAY OF MAY AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY AND TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO MAKE ANY WORKING DAY AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-five, as last amended by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The first day of each week, commonly called as Sunday, the first day of January, the twenty-second of February, Thursday and Friday of what is, commonly called Holy Week, the first of May, to be known as Labor Day, the thirtieth of May, to be known as Memorial Day in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the United States who gave up their lives for their country, the fourth of July, the thirteenth of August, Thanksgiving Day, the twenty-fifth of December, and the thirtieth of December shall be public holidays. The thirtieth of July, nineteen hundred and seven, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each odd numbered year and the days which may be proclaimed by virtue of section two hereof shall also be public holidays in all those provinces and Assembly districts in which elections are held under Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two. Public holidays shall not be legally recognized as days for presenting for payment or acceptance, for the maturity and protest, and for giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, and promissory notes, or other commercial or negotiable paper; and all notes, drafts, checks, or other commercial or negotiable paper falling due or maturing on any of said public holidays shall be deemed as having matured on the day previous: Provided, That in the case of notes, drafts, checks, or other commercial or negotiable paper falling due or maturing on any public holiday when the preceding day is also a public holiday, the same shall be deemed as having matured on the last preceding day which is not a public holiday." cDTACE

SECTION 2. The following section is hereby substituted for section three of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-one:

"SEC. 3. The Governor-General may, in his discretion, also proclaim any other working day as an official holiday, whenever in his judgment there are sufficient reasons therefor: Provided, That such proclamation shall be effective in the year in which it is made and not in any other year."

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, April 30, 1908.