Republic Act No. 243: An act to amend section twenty-nine of act numbered twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as the revised administrative code, as amended by republic act numbered fifty-seven

Republic Act No. 243

An act to amend section twenty-nine of act numbered twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as the revised administrative code, as amended by republic act numbered fifty-seven

An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Otherwise Known as the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Seven

In plain language

Amends Section 29 of the Revised Administrative Code to clarify legal holidays, specifying Holy Week days, Christmas, Sundays, fixed holidays, and provisions for holiday observance when fixed holidays fall on Sundays.

Amended Section 29 of the Revised Administrative Code to specify legal holidays

Included Holy Week days, Christmas, Sundays, and fixed holidays

Provided for holiday observance when fixed-date holidays fall on Sundays

Public Holiday

Administrative Code

Republic Act

Amendment

REPUBLIC ACT No. 243

An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Otherwise Known as the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Seven

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

Section twenty-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-seven, 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 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: Provided, However, That when any regular holiday of fixed date falls on Sundays, the next succeeding date shall be observed as legal holiday."

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 12, 1948.

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