Proclamation No. 771




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 771, August 21, 1961 ] DECLARING THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1961, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF SULU, COTABATO, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, DAVAO, LANAO DEL NORTE, LANAO DEL SUR, BUKIDNON, PALAWAN, AGUSAN, SURIGAO DEL NORTE, AND SURIGAO DEL SUR, AND IN THE CITIES OF ZAMBOANGA, BASILAN, DAVAO, ILIGAN, MARAWI, COTABATO, AND BUTUAN In connection with the feast of Maulid-on-Nabi, 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 Thursday, August 24, 1961, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Sulu, Cotabato, Zamboanga del Norte, Zarnboanga del Sur, Davao, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Bukidnon, Palawan, Agusan, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur, and in the cities of Zamboanga, Basilan, Davao, Iligan, Marawi, Cotabato, and Butuan. Muslem 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 21st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth. CARLOS P. GARCIA President of the Philippines By the President: NATALIO P. CASTILLO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation