Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7673)
Republic Act No. 7673 is an Act declaring the seventeenth day of September of every year as a nonworking special public holiday for the Province of Siquijor, known as Siquijor Day.
It was enacted on January 10, 1994.
September 17 marks the anniversary of the creation of Siquijor as a separate province by Republic Act No. 6398 in 1971.
Republic Act No. 6398 created Siquijor Island as a separate province.
Then President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Republic Act No. 6398.
It is declared as a nonworking special public holiday.
No, it specifically applies only to the Province of Siquijor.
The Act took effect immediately upon its approval, which lapsed into law on January 10, 1994.
It means the Act became law automatically after a determined period without the President’s signature, pursuant to the Constitution.
Under Sec. 27(1), Article VI of the Philippine Constitution.