Proclamation No. 960, s. 1972

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 960, February 4, 1972 ]

DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL OF EVERY YEAR AS “TAX CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK.”

WHEREAS, it is the civic obligation and patriotic duty of every citizen to pay his just taxes promptly; and

WHEREAS, there is need of instilling as ever among our citizenry greater consciousness of their obligation and underscoring the taxpayer’s role in economic progress and nation-building;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the first week of April of every year as “Tax Consciousness Week” under the auspices of the Department of Finance.

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 4th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary