In accordance with the provisions of section thirteen of the Act of the Congress of the Philippines, entitled "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR," I, SERGIO OSME A, President of the Philippines, do hereby give public notice of the approval by the President of the United States on November twentieth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, of said Act as provided in subsection (9), section 1, of the Ordinance Appended to the Constitution of the Philippines.

The Act of the Congress of the Philippines above mentioned becomes Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred ninety-nine.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this 4th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the eleventh.


By the President:
(Sgd.) JOSE S. REYES
Secretary to the President