Republic Act No. 11373




Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen. REPUBLIC ACT No. 11373 An Act Declaring March 31 of Every Year a Special Working Holiday in the Whole Province of Southern Leyte, in Commemoration of the First Mass Held in Limasawa Island, Province of Southern Leyte, to be Known as The "First Mass Day" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress assembled: Section 1. March 31 of every year is hereby declared a special working holiday in the whole Province of Southern Leyte, in commemoration of the first mass held in Limasawa Island, Province of Southern Leyte, to be known as the "First Mass Day". Upon proclamation of the President, March 31 of every year shall be a special nonworking holiday in the whole Province of Southern Leyte. Section 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.1âшphi1 Approved, (Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate (Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on May 2, 2017, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on June 3, 2019, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on June 4, 2019. (Sgd) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate (Sgd) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives (Sgd) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines Approved: August 22, 2019. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation