PROCLAMATION NO. 13

: The legal basis is Commonwealth Act No. 91, which authorizes the President to establish daylight saving time.
: The purpose is to afford government officers, employees, and laborers sunlight for work and recreation after office hours and to save the use of light, benefiting both the government and the general public.
: It started at midnight on April 11, 1954, when the clock was advanced one hour, and ended at midnight on June 30, 1954, when the clock was set back one hour to return to standard time.
: The standard time was advanced by one hour at midnight on April 11, 1954, and set back by one hour at midnight on June 30, 1954.
: Employers and the public in general are enjoined to comply with the proclamation and Commonwealth Act No. 91.
: No. For astronomy and meteorology, the mean astronomical time at 120 degrees East longitude from the Greenwich Meridian continued to be used as before.
: The President has the authority to adjust the official time in the Philippines, including establishing daylight savings time.
: No, the proclamation does not specify penalties for non-compliance.
: Fred Ruiz Castro countersigned the proclamation as Executive Secretary.