Proclamation No. 570




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 570, March 31, 1959 ] DECLARING FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1959, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF SULU, COTABATO, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, DAVAO, LANAO, BUKIDNON, AND PALAWAN AND IN THE CITIES OF ZAMBOANGA, BASILAN, DAVAO, ILIGAN AND MARAWI In connection with the feast of Eodul Fitr, one of the most important holidays for Muslims, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Friday, April 10, 1959, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Sulu, Cotabato, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Davao, Lanao, Bukidnon, and Palawan and in the cities of Zamboanga, Basilan, Davao, Iligan, and Marawi. Muslim officials and employees of the Government, both national and local, performing their duties and functions outside of the provinces and cities above stated, shall be exempted from duty during this feast day which, for purposes of this proclamation, shall be considered as a special public holiday for said officials and employees in their respective stations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth. CARLOS P. GARCIA President of the Philippines By the President: ENRIQUE C. QUEMA Assistant Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation