QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 79-A)
The text is about Proclamation No. 79-A, dated October 20, 1954.
Wednesday, October 20, 1954.
The province of Leyte, including Ormoc City.
It is the anniversary of the landing on the shores of Leyte by the United States Armed Forces in their mission to liberate the country from enemy occupation.
Section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code.
To declare a particular day as a special public holiday in a specified locality (here, Leyte including Ormoc City).
It includes Ormoc City in addition to the province of Leyte.
It declares the specific date (October 20, 1954) as a special public holiday.
They state the factual or legal justification for the declaration—here, the historical significance of October 20 to Leyte.
It introduces the operative part, where the President makes the actual declaration based on the stated authority.
It was signed by Ramon Magsaysay (President) and attested by Fred Ruiz Castro (Executive Secretary).
The President set his hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila on October 20, 1954.
The holiday applies within the territorial scope stated—Leyte province and Ormoc City—rather than nationwide.
It reflects that special public holidays can be created through statutory authority delegated to the President, subject to limits in the enabling law.