Proclamation No. 700, s. 1960

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 700, September 16, 1960 ]

DECLARING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1960, AS LAW DAY

WHEREAS, the administration of justice is indispensable to a sound and vigorous democracy;

WHEREAS, lawyers play a vital role in the administration of justice; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting that such an important role of lawyers be brought to the attention of our people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Monday, September 19, 1960, as Law Day. I urge the various bar and lawyers’ association to celebrate the day with appropriate programs.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary