Proclamation No. 540




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 540, March 24, 1969 ] AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 19 DATED MARCH 9, 1966, WHICH DECLARED THE THIRD WEEK OF MARCH OF EVERY YEAR AS ACCOUNTING WEEK. Proclamation No. 19 dated March 9, 1966, which declared the third week of March of every year as Accountancy Week is hereby amended to read as follows: “WHEREAS, certified public accountants as well as government accountants, by reason of the vantage position they occupy in the field of business, finance, industry, and in’ the government have contributed immensely to the progress of the national economy; and “WHEREAS, it is desirable that important role played by accountants in the development of the national economy be brought to the attention of the people; “NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from March 16 to 22, 1969, and the third week of March of every year hereafter as Accountancy Week under the auspices of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Government Accountants of the Philippines, Inc.1aшphi1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of March, 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