AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 242 DATED JANUARY 9, 1956, ENTITLED “DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 22 TO 28 (OR 29), INCLUSIVE, OF EVERY YEAR AS TRAFFIC SAFETY WEEK AND MARCH FIR…

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 242 dated January 9,
1956, declared the period from February 22 to 28 (or 29), of every year as
Traffic Safety Week and March first of every year as Safe-Driving Day;

WHEREAS, the observance of Traffic Safety Week
and Safe-Driving Day will be more successful and effective with the active
participation of the Manila Drivers Association which seeks to inculcate upon
drivers of jeepneys, taxi-cabs, trucks, buses, and other motor vehicles the
imperative need of preventing traffic accidents throughout the country ;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay President of
the Philippines, do hereby amend the fourth paragraph of Proclamation No. 242
dated January 9, 1956, to read as follows:

“NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from February 22 to 28 (or 29),
inclusive, of every year as Traffic Safety Week and March first of every year
as Safe-Driving Day (S-D Day), and designate the National Traffic Commission,
with the assistance of the Manila Drivers Association, to take charge of all
arrangements and activities for their fitting celebration throughout the
Philippines. The Commission is hereby authorized to solicit donations in cash
or in kind for the purpose of carrying “out the aim, of this proclamation.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of
February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary