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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1244
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1244 -
SETTING AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR REGISTRATION OF QUALIFIED VOTERS IN THE
VOTING CENTERS
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WHEREAS,
the Commission on Elections has reported that more than 27% (or about
6.2 million) of the qualified voters have not yet registered
notwithstanding past efforts to register them and that as a consequence
thereof, the Commission recommended that an additional day be set aside
to enable these unregistered voters to register in the voting
centers; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, to assure that the results of any referendum, plebiscite or
election reflect the true will of the people, the registration of
voters must be maximized;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Additional day for registration in voting
centers. — Qualified voters who have not registered shall register in
the voting centers on November 27, 1977 from seven o'clock in the
morning to seven o'clock in the evening: Provided, however, That for
purposes of this Decree, in cities, municipalities and municipal
districts where the number of still unregistered voters may be listed
under the continuing system without resort to the registration in the
voting centers, the Commission on Elections is authorized to order the
use of the continuing system only: Provided, Further, Where there are
still a large number of applicants for registration in the premises of
the voting center at the time of closing the Citizens Registration
Committee may extend registration beyond seven o'clock in the evening
until all the persons therein present are registered.
Section 2. Voting Centers. — The registration of
voters herein provided shall be undertaken in the same barangay
registration centers and by Citizen's Registration Committees that
functioned in the previous registration days under Presidential Decree
No. 1187, as amended.
Section 3. Rules and Regulations. — The Commission on
Elections is hereby authorized to promulgate the rules and regulations
to implement this decree.
Section 4. Effectivity. — This decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of November, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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