Scope: who and where it applies
- The special non-working day applies to the Municipality of Culion.
- The covered locality is in the Province of Palawan.
- The proclamation specifically fixes the date as Thursday, 10 September 2020.
Purpose and occasion
- The declaration is made for the commemoration of Father Javier M. Olazabal Memorial Day.
- The proclamation recognizes that Father Javier M. Olazabal served eighteen (18) years as Chaplain of Culion.
- The proclamation credits his service to leprosy patients in the former Culion Leper Colony.
- The proclamation states that it is fitting and proper to give the people of Culion full opportunity to celebrate and participate in appropriate ceremonies.
Conditions for public observance
- Celebration and participation are subject to community quarantine.
- Ceremonies and participation are subject to social distancing.
- Observance is also subject to other public health measures.
- The declaration treats these public health measures as conditions for the occasion’s activities.
Legal effect: non-working status
- Thursday, 10 September 2020 is designated as a special (non-working) day for Culion, Palawan.
- The proclamation’s operative act is the declaration of the day as non-working for the municipality covered.