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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1661-A
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1661-A -
AMENDING Section ONE OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1661, ENTITLED
"PROHIBITING GUEST CANDIDACY AND PROVIDING SANCTIONS AND PENALTY
THEREFOR"
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WHEREAS, to
avoid ambiguity in the interpretation of Section 1 of Presidential
Decree No. 1661 there is a necessity of amending said Section to jibe
with the provisions of Sections 2 (6) and Section 10, Article XII (C)
of the Constitution.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby amend Section one of Presidential Decree No.
1661 to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1. Guest candidacy. — It shall be unlawful for
any registered or accredited political party to nominate and/or support
as its official candidate any person belonging to another accredited or
registered party unless he has affiliated with the nominating party at
least six months before the election."
* Section 2. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 3rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty.
* Copied verbatim from documents obtained directly
from Malacañang Records (missing Section 1).
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