Executive Order No. 17




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 17, March 17, 1954 ] 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 15, 1954, both dates inclusive, are hereby reduced 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. This Order shall not oblige the Head of any department, bureau, or office to reduce as herein provided the office hours in his department, bureaus, or office, but leaves the same to his discretion subject to the requirements of the service and provided that the usual volume of work is not diminished by the reduction of office hours. Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.1a⍵⍴h!1 (Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation