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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 48, September 14, 1962 ]

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1962, AS LAW DAY

WHEREAS, the administration of justice is indispensable to a sound and vigorous democracy;

WHEREAS, lawyers play an important role in the administration of justice which is also vital in the promotion of the socio-economic program of the Government; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting that such a vital role of lawyers in the life and well-being of the nation be duly brought to the attention of our people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDACLO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, September 19, 1962, as Law Day. I urge the various bar and lawyers’ associations to celebrate the day with appropriate ceremonies.1âшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.£A⩊phi£

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

SALVADOR L. MARIÑO
Executive Secretary

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