Title
Bataan Day Declared Legal Holiday
Law
Republic Act No. 3022
Decision Date
Apr 6, 1961
Republic Act No. 3022 designates April 9 as Bataan Day, a legal holiday in the Philippines, to honor the heroic defenders of Bataan and their families, with specific observances and a one-minute silence at 4:30 pm.

Bataan Day proclamation and observance

  • Section 1 proclaims the ninth day of April as Bataan Day.
  • Section 1 enjoins all public officials and citizens of the Philippines to observe Bataan Day.
  • Section 1 requires a one-minute silence at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon on Bataan Day.
  • Section 1 requires appropriate rites to honor the heroic defenders of Bataan and their parents, wives and/or widows.

Legal holiday classification and amendment

  • Section 2 further amends Section 29 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended.
  • The amendment recognizes that certain days are legal religious holidays, including Thursday and Friday of Holy Week, Christmas Day, and Sundays.
  • Section 2 lists the legal holidays as:
    • the first of January
    • the ninth of April
    • the first of May
    • the fourth of July
    • the thirtieth of November
    • the thirtieth of December
    • the day appointed by law for the holding of a general election
  • Section 2 provides that when any regular holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day is observed as the legal holiday.

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