EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 494, March 11, 1952

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, 1952, 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. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to the offices in the City of Baguio, whether national, provincial or municipal.

This Order shall not oblige the head of any department, bureau, or office to reduce as herein provided the office hours in his department, bureau, or office, but leaves the same in his discretion subject to the requirements of the service.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE

Acting Executive Secretary