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RA 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

June 12, 1948Civil Law

Republic Act No. 243

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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RA 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. BatasPH. Approved June 12, 1948. https://batasph.thirdygayares.com/republic-acts/republic-act-no-243

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