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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1241
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1241 -
FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SectionS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1187
ENTITLED "PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL REGISTRATION OF ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS
THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES"
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WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 1187, as amended, provided for a general
registration of all qualified voters throughout the Philippines;
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WHEREAS, there is a need to further amend certain provisions of said
Decree so as to insure a more effective and orderly registration of
voters in the country;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order
and decree the further amendment of Presidential Decree No. 1187, as
follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Maximum numbers of the registered voters
for every voting Center. — A new section to be known as Section 11
shall be inserted after Section 10 of Presidential Decree No. 1187
which shall read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 11. Maximum number of registered voters for
every voting center. — Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding
section, the number of registered voters in every voting center shall
not exceed three hundred unless otherwise authorized by the Commission
on Elections in special cases."
Section 2. Repealing Sections 12 and 20. — Sections
12 and 20 of the same Presidential Decree are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Use of the book of voters for the
election. — Section 19 of the same Decree is hereby repealed and
substituted with the following:cralaw:red
"Sec. 19. Use of the book of voters for the election.
— Whenever an election is called, it shall be the duty of the Citizens
Election Committee to obtain from the election registrar concerned
before the start of voting on election day the book of voters
containing the approved applications for registration of voters
pertaining to the center where they are assigned together with the
other forms and paraphernalia needed for the election: Provided,
however, That the Commission on Elections may, for special reasons
authorize the delivery of the book of voters, election forms and other
paraphernalia at an early date to the election committee concerned.
Only those voters whose applications are included in the book of voters
shall be allowed to vote except as may be ordered by competent
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"The book of voters shall be returned to the Election Registrar by the
Citizens Election Committee on the day following the election, duly
arranged in the same manner that it was received."
Section 4. Section 18 of the same Decree is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 18. Preparation of list if voters. — On the
last meeting day for the registration of voters, the Citizens
Registration Committee shall before adjourning prepare and certify an
alphabetical list of voters in triplicate based on all applications for
registration approved by it pursuant to this Decree including those
approved by the Election Registrar in accordance with Presidential
Decree No. 1099.
"The Election Registrar shall deliver on the last day of registration
before the Citizens Registration Committee to the proper registration
committee all the approved applications under his custody pertaining to
the voting center for inclusion in the list of voters.
"On the day following, one copy shall be delivered to the Election
Registrar, and another copy to the Barangay Captain. The third copy of
the list shall be retained by the Chairman of the Committee. All copies
shall be made available for inspection by the public during reasonable
hours.
"Not later than seven days before the day of the election, the Election
Registrar shall prepare and certify for each voting center a
supplemental list of voters containing the names, in alphabetical
order, and addresses of voters registered by him after the last day of
registration in voting centers. Copies of the list shall each be
delivered to the Chairman of the Registration Committee and to the
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Section 5. Repealing Clause. — Section 29 of the same
Decree is hereby amended by adding a second paragraph thereto, so that
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"Sec. 29. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
rules and regulations thereof inconsistent with the provision of this
decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
"As a consequence of the insertion of a new section known as section 11
and the deletion of Sections 12 and 20, Sections 11, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 shall be renumbered respectively as
Sections 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31."
Section 6. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-seven.
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