Proclamation No. 527




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 527, February 26, 1969 ] DECLARING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF COTABATO, SOUTHERN COTABATO, LANAO DEL NORTE, LANAO DEL SUR AND SULU, AND IN THE CITIES OF BASILAN, COTABATO, ILIGAN, MARAWI AND GENERAL SANTOS. In connection with the Muslim Feast of “Eid-Ul-Atha”, 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 Thursday, February 27, 1969, as a special public holiday in the provinces of Cotabato, Southern Cotabato, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Sulu, and in the Cities of Basilan, Cotabato, Iligan, Marawi and General Santos. 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 my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippine to be affixed.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation