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MOP, BK 4, v.4,5,6, 282

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 12, August 08, 1945 ]

CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN SPECIAL SESSION



WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 10, issued on May 31, 1945, the Congress of the Philippines was called in special session for a period of thirty days commencing on June 9, 1945, for the purpose of considering general legislation;

WHEREAS, in order to enable the Congress of the Philippines to consider pending matters which could not be acted upon by it in the aforementioned special session for lack of time, as well as other important and urgent matters, it is necessary to call another special session;

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of Article VI, section 9, of the Constitution of the Philippines, I, SERGIO OSMEÑA, President of the Philippines, do hereby call the Congress of the Philippines in special session for a period of thirty days commencing on Tuesday, August 14, 1945, at four o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering general legislation.

All persons entitled to sit as members of the Congress of the Philippines are requested to take notice of this proclamation.

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 8th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the tenth.

(Sgd.) SERGIO OSMEÑA
President of the Philippines

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

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