Full Title
AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER 3 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE MILITARY FORCES LED BY GENERAL TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA IN BAGUIO CITY.
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Congress
17th Congress of the Republic
House Bill
H. No. 5640
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Date of Approval
February 14, 2019

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Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
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Subjects
HOLIDAYS -- BAGUIO CITY
RA - 11216
YAMASHITA, TOMOYUKI

Full Text of Issuance

Manila Bulletin, February 22, 2019; 115 OG No. 13, 3042 (April 1, 2019)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11216, February 14, 2019 ]

AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER 3 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE MILITARY FORCES LED BY GENERAL TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA IN BAGUIO CITY

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

SECTION 1. September 3 of every year is hereby declared a special working public holiday throughout the country, in commemoration of the surrender of the Japanese military forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita at the American High Commissioner's Residence in Camp John Hay, Baguio City.

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

Approved,           

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III            President of the Senate (SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO            Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on May 29, 2017, amended by the Senate on November 26, 2018, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on December 4, 2018, respectively.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA             Secretary of the Senate (SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING            Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: FEB 14 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE    President of the Philippines   

 

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