[ PROCLAMATION NO. 56, October 23, 1962 ]
DECLARING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1962, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY
WHEREAS, paying homage to the dead on All Saints Day is one of our cherished traditions; and
WHEREAS, in keeping with that tradition, the people should be given full opportunity to observe the day with all its religious fervor;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Thursday, November 1, 1962, as a special public holiday.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
SALVADOR L. MARI O
Executive Secretary