Section 1. Call of Election. — The election of
representatives to the Sangguniang Pampook of Regions Nine and Twelve
shall be held on a date to be fixed by the President (Prime Minister),
taking into primary consideration the peace and order situation in the
area to ensure free, orderly and honest elections.
Sec. 2. Election and Campaign Period. — The
election period shall be fixed by the Commission on Elections in
accordance with Section 6, Article XII, paragraph (c) of the
Constitution. The period of campaign shall be fixed by the President
(Prime Minister) but shall not be more than forty-five days immediately
preceding the election, excluding the day before and the day of the
election.
Sec. 3. Certificate of Candidacy. — The provision
of the 1978 Election Code on the filing of certificates of candidacy
shall be applicable to the election herein contemplated. The date for
the filing of certificates of candidacy shall likewise be determined by
the President (Prime Minister).
Sec. 4. The Sangguniang Pampook. — The Sangguniang
Pampook in each region which is composed of twenty-one members, shall
include seventeen representatives elected from the different provinces
and component cities in each region, as follows:
Region IX — The provinces of Basilan, one representative; Sulu, three
representatives; Tawi-Tawi, one representative; Zamboanga del Norte
including the Cities of Dipolog and Dapitan, four representatives;
Zamboanga del Sur including the cities of Pagadian and Zamboanga, eight
representatives;
Region XII — The provinces of Lanao del Norte including the City of
Iligan, three representatives; Lanao del Sur including the City of
Marawi, four representatives; Maguindanao including the City of
Cotabato, four representatives; and Sultan Kudarat, two
representatives; and a sectoral representative each from among the
youth, agricultural workers, non-agricultural workers and professionals
of the region.
The President shall appoint an additional five representatives whenever
in his judgment any other sector is not properly represented in the
Sangguniang Pampook as a result of the elections.
Candidates for the position of the seventeen representatives to the
Sangguniang Pampook shall be voted at large by the registered voters of
their respective regions. The candidates from each province and its
component cities corresponding to the number of representatives
allocated under this Section, receiving the highest number of votes in
the respective region, shall be declared elected.
At any time after the date of the election of the above members of the
Sangguniang Pampook but not later than twenty days thereafter, the
kagawads representing the youth, agricultural workers, non-agricultural
workers and the professionals in the Sangguniang Bayan or Panlungsod of
the municipalities and cities in every province of each region shall
meet at a place and on the date designated by the Commission on
Elections and subject to the supervision of the Commission or its
authorized representatives, shall choose from their respective sectors
the representatives of their sector to the Sangguniang Pampook.
A majority of the kagawads of each sector shall constitute a quorum for
the election of the sectoral representatives. The candidate obtaining
the highest number of votes in each sector shall be declared elected.
Sec. 5. Filling of Vacancy. — Pending an election
to fill a vacancy arising from any cause in the Sangguniang Pampook,
the vacancy shall be filled by the President (Prime Minister), upon
recommendation of the Sangguniang Pampook; Provided, That the appointee
shall come from the same province or sector of the member being
replaced.
Sec. 6. Registration of Voters. — The provisions
of the 1978 Election Code on registration of voters shall be
applicable; Provided, however, That for the purpose of the election
herein provided, the Commission on Elections is hereby empowered to
order, when the necessity therefor arises, registration in the voting
centers; Provided, further, That the number of days to be fixed for the
purpose shall not exceed three days, the day to be at least ten days
before the date of the election; Provided, finally, That the Commission
on Elections motu propio or upon verified petition of any voter or
election registrar, or duly registered political party or group, and
after due notice and hearing, shall annul book of voters not prepared
in accordance with the provisions of the 1978 Election Code or the
preparation of which has been effected with fraud, bribery, forgery,
impersonation, intimidation, force, or any similar irregularity.
Sec. 7. Manner of Election. — The manner of
election, including the preparation of the ballot, canvass of votes and
proclamation of the winners, composition of the Citizens Election
Committees and the Regional Boards of Canvassers, lawful and prohibited
propaganda, expenditures of candidates and registered political parties
or groups and such other matters relating to the conduct of the
elections shall be governed by the provisions of the 1978 Election
Code; Provided, however, That in case the number of public school
teachers available to serve in the Citizens Election Committees is
insufficient, the Commission on Election may appoint private school
teachers, members of the Katipunan ng mga Kabataang Kawani of the Civil
Commission, ROTC cadets, or members of the barangay councils.
Sec. 8. Convening of the Sangguniang Pampook. —
The Sangguniang Pampook shall initially convene upon call of the
President (Prime Minister) within sixty days from the proclamation of a
majority of the members of the Sangguniang Pampook.
Sec. 9. Rules of Proceedings. — The Sangguniang
Pampook shall adopt its own rules of proceedings by a majority vote of
all its members. Pending the adoption of said rules, the Rules of the
Batasang Pambansa shall, as far as practicable, be made applicable to
the Sangguniang Pampook.
Sec. 10. Composition of the Lupong Tagapagpaganap
ng Pook. — The Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook shall be composed of a
Chairman and four Members who shall be appointed by the President
(Prime Minister) on recommendation of the Sangguniang Pampook and who
may or may not be members thereof.
Sec. 11. Salary of Members. — Each member of the
Sangguniang Pampook shall receive an annual salary of Twenty-four
Thousand Pesos (P24,000.00), chargeable against Sangguniang Pampook
funds.
Sec. 12. Appropriation. — To carry out the purpose
of this Act, an amount not exceeding the sum of Five Million Pesos
(P5,000,000.00) already appropriated in Batas Pampook Blg. 1, Activity
No. 1.1.3 in the appropriation of the Commission on Elections may be
used to cover the expenses to be incurred in connection with the
holding of the elections for representatives to the Sangguniang
Pampook.
Sec. 13. Applicability of the 1978 Election Code.
— The provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Twelve Hundred and
Ninety-Six otherwise known and cited as "The 1978 Election Code",
insofar as they are consistent herewith, shall apply to the elections
called under this Act.
Sec. 14. Powers of the Commission on Elections. —
The commission on Elections shall, with respect to the elections herein
provided, exercise such powers and jurisdiction and discharge such
duties as are conferred upon it by the Constitution and the law as to
the election of members of the National Assembly and elective
provincial, municipal and city officials.
Sec. 15. Transfer of appropriations, properties
and assets of the Southern Philippines Provisional Government. — The
Southern Philippines Provisional Government shall be deemed abolished
upon the convening of the Sangguniang Pampook of Regions IX and XII,
and its appropriation, properties, and assets are transferred in equal
parts to the Sangguniang Pampook of said regions. Its records and
contracts are likewise transferred to and shall be assumed by the
region to which they may appropriately pertain.
Sec. 16. Separability Clause. — The provisions of
this Act are hereby declared to be separable, and in the event any one
or more of such provisions are held unconstitutional, such shall not
affect the validity of the other provisions.
Sec. 17. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect
upon approval.
Approved: March 23,
1979.
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