Proclamation No. 9




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ PROCLAMATION NO. 9, May 30, 1945 ] DECLARING THAT THE PROVINCES OF ANTIQUE, BATAAN, BATANGAS, BOHOL, BULACAN, CAPIZ, CAVITE, CEBU, ILOILO, LA UNION, MARINDUQUE, MASBATE, MINDORO, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, NEGROS ORIENTAL, NUEVA ECIJA, PALAWAN, PAMPANGA, PANGASINAN, RIZAL, SAMAR, TARLAC AND ZAMBALES HAVE BEEN FREED FROM ENEMY OCCUPATION AND CONTROL FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEBT MORATORIUM ESTABLISHED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 25 DATED NOVEMBER 18, 1944, AS AMENDED By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines, I, SERGIO OSMEÑA, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare, for the purpose of the debt moratorium established by Executive Order No. 25, dated November 18, 1944, as amended by Executive Order No. 32, dated March 10, 1945, that the Provinces of Antique, Bataan, Batangas, Bohol, Bulacan, Capiz, Cavite, Cebu, Iloilo, La Union, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Nueva Ecija, Palawan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Rizal, Samar, Tarlac, and Zambales have been freed from enemy occupation and control as of the date of this Proclamation, and that the debt moratorium will not apply to debts and monetary obligations contracted in said provinces after the date of this Proclamation.1âшphi1 Done at the City of Manila, this 30th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the tenth. (Sgd.) SERGIO OSMEÑA President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JOSE S. REYES Secretary to the President The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation