Republic Act No. 243 (RA 243) — An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Otherwise Known as the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Seven.

Republic Act No. 243 · Republic Act · Approved June 12, 1948 · 2 sections

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Section 1

SECTION 1. Section twenty-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Fifty-seven, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 29. Legal holidays.—Thursday and Friday of Holy Week, Christmas Day, and Sundays are legal religious holidays. "The legal holidays are: the first of January, the first of May, the fourth of July, the thirtieth of November, the thirtieth of December, and the day appointed by law for the holding of a general election: Provided, however, That when any regular holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, June 12, 1948.

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