Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend sections 1 and 4 of Executive Order No. 38, dated January 7, 1947, entitled œProviding for the coat of arms, seal, and flag of the President and Vice President of the Philippines,  to read as follows:

œSECTION 1. The Coat of Arms of the President of the Philippines shall be of the following design:

œSHIELD: The eight-rayed Philippine sun rayonnant, in or, (golden yellow); on the center, an equilateral triangle, in gule (red); over-all the traditional sea lion of the Coat of Arms granted to the City of Manila in 1596, on guard with sword, or, at hilt, and one mullet, or (golden yellow), in the corner of each of the three angles of the equilateral triangle; one mullet representing Luzon; one, Visayas; and the other, Mindanao.

œThe whole, surrounded by stars, or, (golden yellow), in the form of an annulet with one point of each star outward on the imaginary radiating center lines, the number of stars conforming to the number of the provinces of the Republic as of July 4, 1951. 

œSEC. 4. The flag and colors of the Vice President shall be the same as that of the President with the exception that the entire design shall be placed on a white rectangular background and without the stars. 

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of July, in the rear of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.


By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary