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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 405, June 15, 1994 ]

DECLARING JULY 18 TO 24, 1994 AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS PROBATION AND PAROLE WEEK

WHEREAS, probation in the Philippines, as a non-institutional form of treatment and rehabilitation of qualified offenders, has been proven to be a major component of the criminal justice system since the signing of the Probation Law on July 24, 1976;

WHEREAS, the government recognizes the value of setting aside a designated period for public awareness of the importance of probation and parole as a distinct service to the less fortunate sector of the population;

WHEREAS, public compassion, understanding and support are necessary for these qualified offenders to be fully reintegrated and accepted into the mainstream of society;

NOW, THEREFOR, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from July 18 to 24, 1994 and every year thereafter as Probation and Parole Week to be observed throughout the country.

The Probation and Parole Administration and the Probation and Parole Officers League of the Philippines, Inc. shall take the lead in the celebration of this week. All government agencies, local government units and non-governmental organization are enjoined to give their support for the success of this celebration.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 15th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD. TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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