Republic Act
Approved June 19, 1948More laws from 1948 →

Republic Act No. 322

An act changing the name of plaza guipit in the city of manila to cayetano arellano

In plain language

This act changes the name of Plaza Guipit in the City of Manila to Plaza Cayetano Arellano to honor the memory and contributions of the first Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 322

An Act Changing the Name of Plaza Guipit in the City of Manila to Cayetano Arellano

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

Section 1

In order to perpetuate the memory of the greatest jurist this country has ever produced—that pure and erudite Titan of Philippine jurisprudence—the late first Chief Justice Cayetano Arellano, who, more than any other man in our history, made of the Supreme Court of the Philippines the torchlight and fountain-head of dignity, purity, and integrity in our judicial structure, the Plaza now called Guipit in the City of Manila shall henceforth to be known as Plaza Cayetano Arellano.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 19, 1948.

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