An Act amending and repealing some of the provisions of chapter Twenty-seven of act numbered Twenty-seven hundred eleven commonly known as the Administrative Code of nineteen hundred and se

Commonwealth Acts

Commonwealth Act No. 91

COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 91

AN ACT TO FIX THE STANDARD TIME OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ESTABLISH A DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME THEREIN

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

Section 1. The standard time of the Philippines shall be fixed upon the basis of the mean astronomical time at one hundred and twenty degrees East Longitude, Greenwhich Meridian: Provided, That the President of the Philippines may, when the public interest so requires, and at any time or times, within the periods from March to June and from November to January, all inclusive, establish, by proclamation, a daylight saving time, by advancing by one hour, on such date as he shall determine, the standard time herein fixed, and by retarding such daylight saving time by another hour or such other date as he shall determine, so that during certain periods of the year, as above indicated, the standard time be one hour advance of the mean astronomical time at one hundred and twenty...