REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7724 - AN ACT DECLARING OCTOBER NINETEEN OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NONWORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF BACOLOD TO BE KNOWN AS "BACOLOD CITY CHARTER DAY"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. October Nineteen is the Charter Day Anniversary of the City of Bacolod and its celebration is highlighted, with the staging of the now famous Maskara Festival.

SEC. 2. October Nineteen of every year is hereby declared a special nonworking public holiday in the City of Bacolod.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, May 19, 1994.