Proclamation No. 408




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 408, June 6, 1968 ] DECLARING SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1968, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF COTABATO, LANAO DEL SUR, LANAO DEL NORTE, AND SULU, AND IN THE CITIES OF BASILAN, COTABATO, ILIGAN AND MARAWI. In Connection with the feast of MAULEED-EN-NABI, 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, June 8, 1968, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, and Sulu, and in the Cities of Basilan, Cotabato, Iligan and Marawi. Muslim 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 may hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation