Republic Act No. 11216




Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen. REPUBLIC ACT No. 11216 An Act Declaring September 3 of Every Year a Special Working Public Holiday Throughout the Country, in Commemoration of the Surrender of the Japanese Military Forces Led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled: Section 1. September 3 of every year is hereby declared a special working public holiday throughout the country, in commemoration of the surrender of the Japanese military forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita at the American High Commissioner’s Residence in Camp John Hay, Baguio City.1âwphi1 Section 2. This Act shall take effect (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. Approved, VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on May 29, 2017, amended by the Senate on November 26, 2018, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on December 4, 2018, respectively. MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives Approved: February 14, 2019 (Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation