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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1477, August 7, 1975 ]

DECLARING SEPTEMBER 19 OF EVERY YEAR 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 and in enhancing the rule of law in our democratic society; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare September 19 of every year as Law Day. I urge the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and lawyers’ associations to celebrate the day with appropriate ceremonies.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 7th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Five

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