By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 562 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 1880, approved June 21, 1957, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby prescribe that the office hours of all bureaus’ and offices of the Government, including government-owned or Controlled corporations, but except schools, courts, hospitals, and health clinics, shall be from eight o’clock in the morning to twelve o’clock noon, and from one o’clock to five o’clock in the afternoon, from Monday to Friday: Provided, That when the interests of the public service so require, the head of any department, bureau, or office may extend the daily hours of labor for any or all of the employees under him, and may likewise require any or all of them to do overtime work not only on work days but also on holidays.

This Order shall take effect on July 1, 1957.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.


By the President:
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary