PROCLAMATION NO. 384

: Proclamation No. 384 declares Thursday, April 9, 1953 as a special public holiday in the Province of Bataan, to give the people full opportunity to observe the day with fitting ceremonies.
: Thursday, April ninth, nineteen hundred and fifty-three (April 9, 1953).
: The Province of Bataan.
: Proclamation No. 381, dated March 21, 1953.
: The Fall of Bataan.
: The eleventh anniversary.
: While Proclamation No. 381 declared April 9 as “Bataan Day” in commemoration of the eleventh anniversary of the Fall of Bataan, Proclamation No. 384 goes further by declaring that same day a special public holiday in Bataan.
: They show that April 9 had already been declared for commemoration (under Proclamation No. 381) and that it is proper for the people of Bataan to have an opportunity to observe the day with suitable ceremonies.
: It is limited to the Province of Bataan, as expressly stated in the proclamation’s title and operative portion.
: It proclaims April 9, 1953 as a special public holiday in the Province of Bataan.
: Marciano Roque, Acting Executive Secretary, “By the President.”
: It indicates proper authentication and official effect of the proclamation as an act of the executive branch.