H. No. 4420
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Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh
day of July, two thousand fifteen.
[REPUBLIC ACT
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AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST 9 AS NATIONAL
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AND MANDATING
THE MEANINGFUL OBSERVANCE THEREOF
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. It is hereby declared a policy of the government
to advance the rights and collective well-being of indigenous
peoples through the annual observance of the National Indigenous
Peoples Day in the Philippines.
SEC. 2. The National Indigenous Peoples Day in the
Philippines shall be observed on August 9 of each year and is
hereby declared a special working holiday.
SEC. 3. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
shall promulgate the rules and regulations for the meaningful
observance of the National Indigenous Peoples Day.