Proclamation No. 9




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ PROCLAMATION NO. 9, September 18, 1946 ] CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN SPECIAL SESSION WHEREAS, the public interest requires that the Congress of the Philippines be convened in special session in order to consider the appropriation bill as well as other important and urgent measures: NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby call the Congress of the Philippines in special session, for a period of five days commencing on the 25th day of September, 1946, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering the Appropriation Bill and such other legislation as the President may submit to it.1âшphi1 All persons entitled to sit as members of the Congress of the Philippines are requested to take notice of this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done at the City of Manila, this 18th day of September, in the ear of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Republic of the Philippines, the first. (Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO Chief of the Executive Office The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation