Executive Order No. 123




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 123, March 19, 1948 ] FIXING OFFICE HOURS DURING THE HOT SEASON Pursuant to the provisions of section 564 of the Revised Administrative Code, the office hours of all Government bureaus and offices, including the provincial, city and municipal governments, during the period from April 1 to June 1, 1948, both dates inclusive, are hereby fixed to five continuous hours which shall be from eight o’clock in the morning to one o’ clock in the afternoon. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to the offices in the City of Baguio , whether national, provincial or municipal.1a⍵⍴h!1 This order shall not oblige the head of any department, bureau, or office to reduce as herein provided the office hours in his department, bureau, or office, but leaves the same in his discretion subject to the requirements of the service. Done at the City of Manila , this 19th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines , the second. (Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO Chief of the Executive Office The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation