EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 49, March 28, 1947

FIXING OFFICE HOURS DURING THE HOT SEASON

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 564 of the Revised Administrative Code, the office hours of all Government bureaus and offices, including the provincial, city and municipal governments, during the period from April 1 to June 15, 1947, both dates inclusive, are hereby reduced to five continuous hours which shall be from eight o’clock in the morning to one o’clock in the afternoon. Arrangement should, however, be made so that at least fifty per cent (50%) of the personnel of each department, bureau or office, including those of provincial, city and municipal governments, shall observe the regular office hours on week-days (except Saturdays) from eight o’clock in the morning to twelve noon and from one o’clock to four o’clock in the afternoon. All offices in the City of Baguio, whether national, provincial or municipal, are exempted from the provisions of this Order.

This Order does not oblige the Head of any department, bureau, or office so to reduce the hours of labor in his branch of work, but leaves the same in his discretion subject to the requirements of the service.

Done at the City of Manila , this 28th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines , the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO

Chief of the Executive Office