An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein
Commonwealth Act No. 91, enacted on October 26, 1936, establishes the standard time for the Philippines based on mean astronomical time at 120 degrees East Longitude. The Act empowers the President to implement daylight savings time during specified periods (March to June and November to January) by adjusting the standard time by one hour. This adjustment affects the timing of all common carriers and is applicable to governmental actions and regulations regarding time. The Act became effective immediately upon its approval.
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- What is An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein about?
- Commonwealth Act No. 91, enacted on October 26, 1936, establishes the standard time for the Philippines based on mean astronomical time at 120 degrees East Longitude. The Act empowers the President to implement daylight savings time during specified periods (March to June and November to January) by adjusting the standard time by one hour. This adjustment affects the timing of all common carriers and is applicable to governmental actions and regulations regarding time. The Act became effective immediately upon its approval.
- What type of law is Commonwealth Act No. 91?
- An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein (Commonwealth Act No. 91) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein enacted?
- An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein (Commonwealth Act No. 91) was enacted on Oct 26, 1936.
- What is the citation for An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein?
- An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein, Commonwealth Act No. 91, Oct 26, 1936 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 91
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 26, 1936
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 91
AN ACT TO FIX THE STANDARD TIME OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ESTABLISH A DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME THEREIN
SECTION 1. The standard time of the Philippines shall be fixed upon the basis of the mean astronomical time at one hundred and twenty degrees East Longitude, Greenwich Meridian: Provided, That the President of the Philippines may, when the public interest so requires, and at any time or times, within the periods from March to June and from November to January, all inclusive, establish by proclamation, a daylight savings time, by advancing by one hour, on such date as he shall determine, the standard time herein fixed, and by retarding such daylight savings time by another hour on such other date as he shall determine, so that during certain periods of the year, as above indicated, the standard time shall be one hour in advance of the mean astronomical time at one hundred and twenty degrees East Longitude, Greenwich Meridian. The President shall, in such proclamation, fix the date and hour when such daylight savings time shall commence and terminate. cEAIHa
SECTION 2. The standard time or the daylight savings time herein established shall govern the movement of all common carriers. In all statutes, orders, rules and regulations relating to the time of performance of an act by any officer or department of the Government of the Commonwealth, or relating to the time within which any right shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person in the Philippines, it shall be understood that the time shall be the standard or the daylight savings time as herein established, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, October 26, 1936.
Cite This Law
An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein, Commonwealth Act No. 91, Oct 26, 1936 (Philippines)
An Act to Fix the Standard Time of the Philippines, and to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Establish a Daylight Savings Time Therein, Commonwealth Act No. 91 (Phil. 1936)
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