C.A. No. 570: An Act Making the Filipino National Language an Official Language from the Fourth of July, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six

An Act Making the Filipino National Language an Official Language from the Fourth of July, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six
Commonwealth Act No. 570

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

Section 1. The Filipino national language is declared as one of the official languages of the Philippines, effective the fourth day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-six.

Section 2. For the purpose of this Act, all textbooks for the primary schools written in the national language or which are necessary for the propagation thereof, by the medium of public and private schools and other agencies and methods of popularization, shall be prepared under the supervision of the Bureau of Education, subject to the approval of the Institute of National Language in so far as its language form is connected.

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

Approved: .

Commonwealth Act No. 569

Commonwealth Act No. 571

An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Forty-Six Entitled “An Act Providing for the Regulations of Radio Stations and Radio Communications in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Requiring the Grant of a Franchise from the National Assembly for the Establishment and/or Operation of Radio Broadcasting Stations