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Entitled: AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26, CHAPTER 7, BOOK I OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987 [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ] [ 2005 ] 9/14/2005 Introduced by Senator JOKER P. ARROYO; 9/19/2005 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS; [ 2006 ] 1/16/2006 Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on December 19, 2005; [THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 11/29/2006 Conducted committee meetings/hearings; 12/21/2006 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS and TOURISM per Committee Report No. 211, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration SBNos. 55, 91, 485, 818 and 2167; 12/21/2006 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 12/21/2006 Sponsors: Senator(s) RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON and JOKER P. ARROYO; [ 2007 ] 1/24/2007 Assigned for Consideration by Special Order; Sponsorship speech of Senator Gordon; 1/29/2007 Period of interpellations closed; Period of committee amendments; 1/29/2007 Period of committee amendments closed; 1/29/2007 Period of individual amendments closed; 1/29/2007 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 1/29/2007 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators; 1/30/2007 Approved on Third Reading; In favor: (19)Senators Angara, Arroyo, Biazon, Companera Pia S. Cayetano, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Drilon, Jinggoy P. Ejercito Estrada, Luisa Loi P. Ejercito Estrada, Enrile, Flavier, Gordon, Lacson, Lapid, Lim, Magsaysay, Jr., Pimentel, Jr., Recto, Roxas and Villar; Against: None; Abstention: None; 2/1/2007 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 2/7/2007 House of Representatives passed SBN-2119; (See: O.B. dated June 4, 2007); 6/6/2007 Enrolled copy of SBN-2119, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General; 6/26/2007 Enrolled copy of SBN-2119 sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, through PLLO; 7/24/2007 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and became; 7/24/2007 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9492 11/29/2006 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 5/22/2006 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP;
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Republic Act. No. 9492
Signed on July 24, 2007
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
METRO MANILA
THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
THIRD REGULAR SESSION
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand and six.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9492
AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26, CHAPTER 7, BOOK 1 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987
SECTION 1. Section 26, Chapter 7, Book 1 of Executive Order No. 292, as amended, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 26. Regular Holidays and Nationwide Special Days. — (1) Unless otherwise modified by law, order or proclamation, the following regular holidays and special days shall be observed in the country:
a) Regular Holidays
| New Year’s Day | -January 1 |
| Maundy Thursday | -Movable Date |
| Good Friday | -Movable Date |
| Eidul Fitr | -Movable Date |
| Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day) | -Monday nearest April 9 |
| Labor Day | -Monday nearest May 1 |
| Independence Day | -Monday nearest June 12 |
| National Heroes Day | -Last Monday of August |
| Bonifacio Day | -Monday nearest November 30 |
| Christmas Day | -December 25 |
| Rizal Day | -Monday nearest December 30 |
b) Nationwide Special Holidays
| Ninoy Aquino Day | -Monday nearest August 21 |
| All Saints Day | -November 1 |
| Last Day of the Year | -December 31 |
c) In the event the holiday falls on a Wednesday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday of that week. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday that follows:
Provided, That for movable holidays, the President shall issue a proclamation, at least six months prior to the holiday concerned, the specific date that shall be declared as a nonworking day:
Provided, however, That Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regional holiday in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.”
SECTION 2. All laws, orders presidential issuances, rules and regulations or part thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
(SGD.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.Speaker of the House of Representatives |
(SGD.) MANNY VILLARPresident of the Senate |
This Act which originated in the Senate was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on January 30, 2007 and February 7, 2007, respectively.
(SGD.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENOSecretary General House of Representatives |
(SGD.) OSCAR G. YABESSecretary of the Senate |
Approved: July 24, 2007.
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
Source: Official Gazette
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