Full Title
AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS "WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK" IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND MANDATING ITS OBSERVANCE BY THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
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Congress
15th Congress of the Republic
House Bill
H. No. 6148
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Date of Approval
April 23, 2013

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Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
House Bill Only
Subjects
WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 109 no. 32 page 5503 (August 12, 2013)

Newspaper Source Detail

Newspaper Source
Manila Bulletin (May 2, 2013)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 6148; 109 OG No. 32, 5503 (August 12, 2013); Manila Bulletin, May 2, 2013

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10525, April 23, 2013 ]

AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS “WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY” WEEK” IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND MANDATING ITS OBSERVANCE BY THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The first week of February of every year is declared as “World Interfaith Harmony Week” in the entire country. All government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned and -controlled corporations as well as local government units, are hereby mandated to carry out the observance of activities designed to advance the message of interfaith harmony and goodwill in accordance with religious traditions and practices.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication m the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

  (Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives (Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate  

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3276 and House Bill No. 6148 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on January 28, 2013 and February 4, 2013, respectively.

  (Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives (Sgd.) EDWIN B. BELLEN Acting Senate Secretary  

Approved: APR 23 2013

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines

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