QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 2871)
To repeal Act No. 1696, which previously prohibited the display of certain flags and devices used for rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States, including Katipunan flags, banners, emblems, or devices.
Act No. 1696.
Flags, banners, emblems, or devices used in the Philippine Islands for rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States, and Katipunan flags, banners, emblems, or devices.
The prohibitions under Act No. 1696 are legally withdrawn going forward because the law has been repealed.
The Governor-General must, by proclamation, designate once only a day as an official holiday.
For celebrating the restoration of the use of the Filipino flag.
The authority to designate the official holiday by proclamation is intended to be used only one time.
It indicates a policy shift from prior restrictions to recognizing and celebrating the Filipino flag’s restored/allowed use.
On its approval.
October 22, 1919.
The Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled.
Section 1 states the repeal, Section 2 provides an administrative/public celebration requirement, and Section 3 covers the effectivity clause.
The prohibitory law has been repealed; however, whether prosecution can proceed for conduct done before effectivity depends on the rule on retroactivity/saving clauses, which are not provided in the text here.
It primarily repeals the prior prohibition under Act No. 1696 and provides for the designation of an official holiday; it does not itself lay down a new detailed set of display rules.