It shall be obligatory on all schools, colleges and universities to keep in their libraries an adequate number of copies of the original and unexpurgated editions of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, as well as of Rizal’s other works and biography.

On ______ and ________, Senate Bill No. 438 and House Bill No. 5561 were both unanimously approved on the second reading and in the Lower House.

It is important to note that before the enactment of the Rizal Law, ________ was submitted to the Senate Committee on Education on April 3, 1956. It is “an Act to Include in the Curricula of All Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities courses on the Life Works and Writings of JOSE RIZAL, particularly his novels NOLI ME TANGERE and EL FILIBUSTERISMO, Authorizing the Printing and Distribution Thereof, and for Other Purposes.

On ______ the bill was sponsored and presented to the members of the Senate or the Upper House by the late Senator Jose P. Laurel, who was then the Chairman of the Committee

Republic Act. No. 1425, also known as the Rizal Law has been enacted on June 12, 1956 and was sponsored and authored mainly by?

Congressman Jacobo Z. Gonzales also filed a similar bill called House Bill No. _____ to the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, akin to Senate Bill No. 438, House Bill No. 5561 had also been opposed contending its constitutionality and religiosity. It was then that a substitute bill has been proposed to include all the works and writings of Jose Rizal, ruling out the exclusivity of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo as the main features of the previous bills.

On April 17, 1956 the bill was sponsored and presented to the members of the Senate or the _______ by the late Senator Jose P. Laurel, who was then the Chairman of the Committee.

According to Claro M. Recto and Jose P. Laurel, “Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo must be read by all Filipinos. They must be taken to heart, for in their pages we see ourselves as a mirror, our defects as well as our strength, our virtues as well as our vices.

Bill No. 1425 is an act to include the life, works, and writings of Jose Rizal in the in the curricula of all public and private schools, colleges and universities courses.

He stated that “Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo must be read by all Filipinos. They must be taken to heart, for in their pages we see ourselves as a mirror, our defects as well as our strength, our virtues as well as our vices. Only then would we become conscious as a people, and so learn to prepare ourselves for painful sacrifices that ultimately lead to self-reliance, self-esteem and freedom (Laurel,Jr.,131).

Congressman ______ also filed a similar bill called House Bill No. 5561 to the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, akin to Senate Bill No. 438, House Bill No. 5561 had also been opposed contending its constitutionality and religiosity. It was then that a substitute bill has been proposed to include all the works and writings of Jose Rizal, ruling out the exclusivity of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo as the main features of the previous bills.

it had also been opposed contending its constitutionality and religiosity. It was then that a substitute bill has been proposed to include all the works and writings of Jose Rizal, ruling out the exclusivity of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo as the main features of the previous bills.

______ is a mandate to include in the course curricula of all public and private schools, colleges and universities the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

He stated that “Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo must be read by all Filipinos. They must be taken to heart, for in their pages we see ourselves as a mirror, our defects as well as our strength, our values as well as our vices. Only then would we become conscious as a people, and so learn to prepare ourselves for painful sacrifices that ultimately lead to self-reliance, self-respect and freedom (Laurel,Jr.,131).

The enactment of Rizal Law seeks to rededicate the lives of the youth to the ideals of freedom and activism, for which our heroes lived and died; to pay his life and works in shaping the Filipino character; to gain an inspiring source of patriotism.

On April 17, 1956 the bill was sponsored and presented to the members of the Senate or the Upper House by the late __________ , who was then the Chairman of the Committee

It is important to note that before the enactment of the Rizal Law, Senate Bill No. 438 was submitted to the Senate Committee on Education on ______.

According to _________the dissemination of ideas and ideals of Jose Rizal through the reading of his works, notably the NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO is the main purpose of the bill.

On June 12, 1956, the bill was signed into law by President Ramon Magsaysay, giving birth to Republic Act 1425 or the Rizal Law.

According to the late Senator Jose P. Laurel the dissemination of ideas and ideals of Jose Rizal through the reading of his works, notably the NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO is the _______ of the bill.

It is “an Act to Include in the Curricula of All Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities courses on the Life Works and Writings of JOSE RIZAL, particularly his novels NOLI ME TANGERE and EL FILIBUSTERISMO, Authorizing the Printing and Distribution Thereof, and for Other Purposes.

According to the late Senator Jose P. Laurel the _________ through the reading of his works, notably the NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO is the main purpose of the bill.