PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1386 - AN
ACT ADOPTING THE HONORABLE GEORGE A. MALCOLM AS SON OF THE PHILIPPINES
AND CONFERRING UPON HIM ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND PREROGATIVES OF
PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP |
| WHEREAS, the Honorable George A.
Malcolm devoted the most fruitful years of his life to the service of
the people of the Philippines as founder and dean of the College of Law
of the University of the Philippines, as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1917 to 1936, during which period
he distinguished himself as the principal expounder of the fundamental
law of the land, and as author of books on the laws and government of
the Philippines; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, representing the Filipino people, to give due recognition to such priceless services of the Honorable George A. Malcolm: Now, therefore, Section 1. The Honorable George A. Malcolm, of Concord, Michigan, is hereby adopted as son of the Philippines and conferred all the rights, privileges and prerogatives of Philippine citizenship. Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 18, 1955 |