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Republic of the Philippines
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Metro Manila

Fourteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand eight.

Republic Act No. 9613

AN ACT DECLARING MARCH 21 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN VICTORIAS CITY, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. March 21 of every year is hereby declared a special nonworking holiday in Victorias City, Province of Negros Occidental, to commemorate the day it was converted into a component city.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate

PROSPERO C. NOGRALES Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on November 17,2008 and March 2,2009, respectively.

EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of the Senate

MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: JUNE 11, 2009

GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
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Summary of Republic Act No. 9613

Declaring a Special Non-Working Holiday
- Section 1 declares March 21 of every year as a special non-working holiday in Victorias City, Province of Negros Occidental.
- This holiday commemorates the day Victorias City was converted into a component city.

Effectivity
- Section 2 states that this Act shall take effect upon its approval, which was on June 11, 2009 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.