Proclamation No. 5




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 5, January 19, 1966 ] DECLARING SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1966, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF COTABATO, LANAO DEL NORTE, LANAO DEL SUR AND SULU, AND IN THE CITIES OF BASILAN, COTABATO, ILIGAN AND MARAWI. In connection with the feast of ID-UL-FITR, a very important holiday for Muslims, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Saturday, January 22, 1966, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Cotabato, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Sulu, and in the cities of Basilan, Cotabato, Iligan and Marawi. Muslim official 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 19th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation