Scope and coverage
- Section 1 applies to the entire country.
- Section 1 covers every year on September 8.
- Section 1 establishes observance for the public in commemoration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Purpose and commemoration
- Section 1 declares September 8 as a special working holiday to commemorate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- The commemoration is tied to the annual religious feast occurring on September 8.
Date for special working holiday
- Section 1 fixes the holiday on September 8 every year.
- Section 1 characterizes the day as a special working holiday.
- The entire legal effect attaches to that fixed calendar date through the annual repetition mandated by Section 1.