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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1896
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1896 - AN
ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A GENERAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
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Section
1. General registration of voters. — There shall be a
general registration of all voters throughout the Philippines in
accordance with the provisions of this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The lists of voters of every city and municipality prepared in
accordance herewith shall be used in the May 14, 1984 election for
Members of the Batasang Pambansa and every election which may be held
thereafter. The issuing lists of voters are hereby declared null and
void and without further force and effect for purposes of voting after
the January 27, 1984 national plebiscite.
Section 2. Permanent list of voters every twelve
years. — There shall be in each city and municipality a permanent list
of voters which shall be completely renewed every twelve years. A new
list of voters shall be prepared for the elections which will be held
in nineteen hundred and eighty-four and said list with such additions,
cancellations, and corrections as may be proper shall constitute the
permanent list of voters in each subsequent election until its renewal
in nineteen hundred and ninety- six.
Section 3. Necessity of registration to be entitled
to vote. — In order that a qualified elector may vote in any election,
he must be registered in the permanent list of voters for the city or
municipality in which he resides.
Section 4. Who may be registered in the list. — All
persons having complied with the requisites herein prescribed for the
registration of voters shall be registered in the list, provided they
possess all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications of a
voter. Any person who may not have on the date of registration the age
or period of residence required may also be registered upon proof that
on the date of the election he shall have such qualifications.
Section 5. Qualifications prescribed for a voter. —
Every citizen of the Philippines, not otherwise disqualified by law,
eighteen years of age or over, who shall have resided in the
Philippines for one year and in the city or municipality wherein he
proposes to vote for at least six months immediately preceding the
election, may register as a voter.
Any person who transfers to another city or municipality solely by
reason of his occupation; profession; employment in private or public
service; educational activities; work in military of naval
reservations; service in the army, navy orr force, the constabulary or
national police force, or confinement or detention in government
institutions in accordance with law shall be deemed not to have lost
his original residence. Provided, That he may register as a voter of
the city or municipality where he is residing for the foregoing reasons
if on the date of the election he has already resided therein for at
least six months.
Section 6. Voters in New Settlement Areas. —
Residents relocated to new settlement areas within six months
immediately preceding an election shall be allowed to register in the
new place of resettlement.
Section 7. Disqualifications. — The following shall
be disqualified from voting: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(a) Any person who has been sentenced by final
judgment to suffer imprisonment for not less than one year, such
disability not having been removed by plenary pardon: Provided,
however, That any person disqualified to vote under this paragraph
shall automatically reacquire the right to vote upon expiration of five
years after service of sentence.
(b) Any person who has been adjudged by final
judgment by competent court of having violated his oath of allegiance
to the Republic of the Philippines.
(c). Insane or feeble-minded persons.
Section 8. Registration of voters. — For the
registration of voters in nineteen hundred and eighty-four and every
twelve years thereafter, the citizens election committee of each voting
center shall hold four meetings in the place designated as voting
centers on the ninth Saturday and Sunday and on the eight Saturday and
Sunday before the date of the regular election to be held. At these
meetings, the Committee shall prepare as provided in this Decree eight
copies of the list of voters of the voting center.
For the May 14, 1984 elections, said meetings shall be held on March
17, 18, 24, and 25 1984: Provided, That if after the last day of
registration the Commission on Elections should decide that a
substantial number of qualified voters have not registered, it may
authorize additional registration days in order that said voters shall
not be deprived of their right of suffrage.
Section 9. Postponement of Registration. — When for
any serious cause such as force majeure, violence, terrorism, or other
analogous causes of such a nature, or where there are ongoing military
operations that the holding of the registration on the prescribed dates
should become impossible in any political subdivision, the Commission,
after due notice, shall postpone the registration therein to such time
as it may deem necessary or undertake such other measures necessary in
order to effectively implement the provisions of this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 10. Citizens election committee. — There
shall be a citizens election committee in every voting center composed
of two public school teachers as chairman and poll clerk, and two
members, one representing the ruling party and the other the dominant
opposition party in the province and its component city or cities;
highly urbanized city, and district Metropolitan Manila.
Section 11. Qualifications of members of the
committee. — No person shall be appointed or shall act as chairman,
poll clerk or member of the committee or substitute therein, unless he
is of good moral character and irreproachable reputation, a qualified
voter of the city or municipality, has never been convicted of any
election offense or of any other crime punishable by more than six
months of imprisonment, or if he has pending against him an information
for any election offense. He must be able to speak and write English or
the local dialect.
Section 12. Disqualification of members of the
committee. — No chairman, poll clerk or member of the committee shall
be related within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity
to any other member of the committee. In case of such disqualification,
the member or members concerned shall inform the Commission thereof.
Section 13. Appointment of the members of the
committee. — The members of the citizens election committee
representing the ruling party and the dominant opposition party and
their substitutes shall be appointed by the Commission on Elections not
later than March 7, 1984 upon nomination by the respective political
parties. For this purpose, the directorates of political parties shall
submit in writing to the Commission the names of their representatives
in each province and its component city or cities; highly urbanized
city; and district of Metropolitan Manila who shall in turn submit
likewise in writing not later than February 29, 1984 the names and
addresses of the persons whom they propose to be appointed as
representatives to the citizens election committee for each voting
center in the province. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
In constituencies where there are more than one opposition party and
each of said parties submits its nomination and such nominations are in
favor of different persons, the Commission shall require said parties
to agree on the nomination of a common representative in the committee.
Should they fail to come to an agreement, the Commission shall
determine which among said parties is the dominant party, based on but
not limited to the following guidelines:cralaw:red
(1) Capability of the political party to wage a bona
fide nationwide campaign as evidenced by the number of its members in
the Batasang Pambansa and the number of its members elected to
positions in the local governments, as well as by its party
organization.
(2) Bailiwicks or areas of political support.
(3) Platform or program of government distinguishing
the political party from the other political parties in ideology and
orientation.
(4) The record of the political party in the matter
of its adherence to constitutional provisions on elections, including
the duty and obligation of qualified citizens to register and to vote
in elections.
If any of the parties entitled to representation in the committee fails
to nominate its representative therein on or before February 29, 1984,
the Commission shall appoint a public school teacher to fill the
vacancy.
Section 14. Question of Facts. — Findings of the
Commission on questions of facts shall be final. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 15. Relief of members of the committee. — Any
member of the citizens elections committee as well as his substitute
may at any time be relieved from office and substituted with another
having the legal qualifications, upon petition of the authorized
representatives of the party upon whose nomination the appointment was
made, and it shall be unlawful to prevent said person from, or disturb
him in, the performance of the duties of the said office. A record of
each case of substitution shall be made, setting forth therein the hour
in which the replaced member has ceased in office and the status of the
work of the citizens election committee. Said record shall be signed by
each member of the committee including the incoming and outgoing
officers.
Section 16. Temporary vacancies. — If, at the time of
the meeting of the committee, any member or the poll clerk is absent,
or the office is still vacant, the member present shall call upon the
substitute of the absent member to perform the duties of the latter;
and, in case such substitute cannot be found, the member present upon
nomination by the representative of the party of the absent member or
in his absence, by the watchers belonging to the party, shall appoint
any qualified elector of the voting center to temporarily fill said
vacancy until the absent member appears or the vacancy is filled. In
case there are two members present, they shall act jointly.
Section 17. Arrest of absent member. — The member or
members present may order the arrest of any member or poll clerk or
substitute thereof who, in their judgment, has absented himself with
intention of obstructing the performance of the duties of the committee.
Section 18. Temporary designation of member and poll
clerks by watchers. — If at the time in which the committee must meet,
all the offices of members and poll clerks are vacant, or if not one of
them shall appear, the watchers present may designate qualified
electors of the voting center to act in the place of the members and
the poll clerks until the absentees shall appear or the vacancies are
filled. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 19. Oath of the members of the committee. —
The members and poll clerks, whether permanent, substitute or
temporary, shall, before assuming their office, take and sign an oath
upon forms prepared by the Commission before an officer authorized to
administer oaths or, in his absence, before any other member of the
committee, or in case no one is present, they shall take it before any
elector. The oaths shall be sent immediately to the election registrar.
Section 20. Compensation of the members of the
committee. — The chairman; poll clerks and members of the
committee-shall each be entitled to a per diem of thirty pesos for each
day of actual service rendered in the committee.
Section 21. Duties of the committee. — The committee
shall have the following duties and functions:cralaw:red
(a) Undertake the registration of voters as
authorized herein;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) Act as deputies of the Commission in the
supervision and control of the registration in centers wherein they are
assigned to assure that registration of qualified voters shall be done
in a free, orderly and honest manner;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) Perform such other functions prescribed by this
Decree or by the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.
Section 22. Proceedings of the citizens election
committee. — The citizens election committee shall act through its
chairman, by the vote of the majority of its members, but the poll
clerk shall have no vote in its proceedings. The committee shall decide
without delay all questions which may arise in the performance of its
duties. During the meeting of the committee, not more that one member
of the committee shall absent himself from the voting center at a time,
and in no case shall such absence before more than twenty-minutes.
Section 23. Meeting to close the list of the voters
before the election. — The citizens election committee shall also meet
on May 5, 1984 for the purpose of making such inclusions, exclusions
and corrections as may be or have been ordered by the courts, stating
opposite every name so corrected added, or cancelled the date of the
order and the court which issued the same, and for the consecutive
numbering of the voters of the voting center.
Should the committee fail to include in the list of voters any person
ordered by competent court to be so included, said person shall, upon
presentation of a certified copy of the order of inclusion and upon
proper identification be allowed by the committee to vote.
Should the committee fail to exclude from the list of voters any person
ordered by the court to be so excluded, the committee shall not permit
said person to vote upon presentation to it by any interested party of
a certified copy of the order of exclusion.
Section 24. Meeting hours of the committee. — The
meetings of the citizens election committee for the registration of
voters shall commence at seven o'clock in the morning and shall
continue until five o'clock in the afternoon. They may be suspended for
one hour only at midday.
Section 25. Voter's affidavit. — Every person
desiring to be registered in the list of voters shall, under oath taken
before the citizens election committee, sign and affix the imprint of
the thumbs of his right and left hands in quadruplicate, wherein he
shall state: His name and surname; place of birth; age on his last
birthday; civil status; profession, occupation or trade, residence,
giving his correct and exact address; that he possesses the
qualifications required of a voter; and that he is not in any way
legally disqualified from voting. The citizens election committee shall
require that the thumbmarks appear plainly printed. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 26. Identification of voters. — Any voter who
is not known by the members of the committee may be identified by any
voter of the voting center, or by the presentation of his birth or
baptismal certificate or any other document showing his identity. No
fees nor documentary stamps shall be required on such documents.
Section 27. Action by the committee. — Upon receipt
of the voter's affidavit, the committee shall examine the date therein.
If it finds that the applicant possesses all the qualifications and
none of the disqualifications of a voter, he shall be registered.
Otherwise, he shall not be registered.
The name and address of each registered voter shall, immediately upon
his registration, be entered in the proper alphabetical group in the
list.
Section 28. Preservation of the voters' affidavits. —
A copy of the affidavit of each voter shall be kept by the citizens
election committee until after the election, when it shall deliver it
to the election registrar together with the copies of the list of
voters and other election papers for use in the next election. The
other two copies shall be sent by the committee on the day following
the date of the affidavit to the office of the provincial election
supervisor and the Commission on Elections in Manila. The latter shall
file and preserve the voter's affidavits by city and municipality and
in alphabetical order of their surnames. The fourth copy shall be given
to the voter as evidence of his registration. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 29. Columns in the list of voters. — The list
of voters shall be arranged in columns as follows: In the first column
there shall be entered, at the time of the closing of the list before
the election, a number opposite the name of each voter registered,
beginning with number one and continuing in consecutive order until the
end of the list. In the second column, the surnames generally used by
such persons shall be written in alphabetical order followed by their
respective first names, without abbreviations of any kind. In the third
column, the respective residence of such person with the name of the
street and number, or, in case there be none, a brief description of
the locality or place shall be inserted. In the fourth column, there
shall be entered on the day of the election the numbers of the ballot
which were given successively to the voter. In the fifth column, the
voter shall stamp on the day of the election the mark of the thumb of
his right and under said mark his signature. And in the sixth column
the signature of the chairman of the committee who has handed the
ballot to the voter. It will be sufficient that the fourth, fifth, and
sixth columns shall be filed in the copy of the list under the custody
of the committee to see to it that the thumbmark is stamped plainly.
Section 30. Certificate of the committee in the list
of voters. — Upon the adjournment of each meeting for the registration
of voters, the citizens election committee shall close each
alphabetical group of surnames of voters by writing the date of the
next line in blank, which shall be forthwith signed by each member,
and, before adding a new name on the same page at the next meeting, it
shall write the following: "Added at the.meeting," specifying if
it is the second, third, or fourth meeting of the committee. If the
meeting adjourned is the last one for the registration of voters, the
committee shall, besides closing each alphabetical group of voters as
above provided, add at the end of the list a certificate (a) of the
corrections and cancellations made in the permanent list, specifying
them, or that there has been none, and (b) of the total number of
voters registered in the voting center.
Section 31. Publication of the list. — At the first
hour of the working day following the last day of registration of
voters, the poll clerk shall deliver to the election registrar a copy
of the list certified to by the citizens election committee as provided
in the preceding section; another copy, also certified, shall be sent
to the provincial election supervisor of the province, and another,
likewise certified, shall be sent to the Commission on Elections, in
whose offices said copies shall be open to public inspection during
regular office hours. On the same day and hour, the poll clerk shall
also post a copy of the list in the voting center in a secure place on
the door or near the same at a height of a meter and a half, where it
may be conveniently consulted by the interested parties. Each member of
the committee shall also have a copy of the list so prepared, which may
be inspected by the public in the residence or office of said member
during regular office hours. Immediately after the meeting for the
closing of the list, the poll clerk shall also send a notice to the
official above named regarding the changes and the number above
referred to, to be attached to the copy of the list under their custody.
Section 32. Challenged of right to register. — Any
person applying for registration may be challenged before the citizens
election committee on any registration day by any member, elector,
candidate, or watcher. The committee shall then examine the challenged
person and shall receive such other evidence as it may deem pertinent,
after which it shall decide whether the elector shall be included in or
excluded from the list as may be proper. All challenges shall be heard
and decided without delay, and in no case beyond the three days from
the date the challenge was made.
After the question has been decided, the committee shall give to each
party a brief certified statement setting forth the challenge and the
decision thereon.
Section 33. Power of the committee to administer
oaths and issue summons. — For the purpose of determining the right of
applicants to be registered as voters in the list, the citizens
committee shall have the same powers to administer oaths, to issue
subpoena and subpoena duces tecum, and to compel witnesses to appear
and testify, but the latter's fees and the expenses incident to the
process shall be paid in advance by the party in whose behalf the
summons is issued. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 34. Proceedings of the committee shall be
public. — All meetings of the citizens election committee shall be
public. The committee shall have full authority to keep order within
the voting center and its environs, to keep the access thereto open and
unobstructed, and to enforce obedience to its lawful commands. If any
person shall refuse to obey a lawful command of the committee, or shall
conduct himself in a disorderly manner in its presence or within its
hearing and thus interrupt or disturb its work or the proceedings in
connection with the registration, the chairman shall order any peace
officer to take such offending person into his custody until the
adjournment of the meeting; but such order shall not be so executed as
to prevent the person so taken into custody from registering as a
voter. Such order shall be executed by any peace officer to whom it may
be given, but if none shall be present, by any other person deputized
thereto by the committee in writing.
Section 35. Illiterate or disabled applicants. — The
voter's affidavit of an illiterate or physically disabled person may be
prepared by any relative within the fourth civil degree of
consanguinity or affinity or any member of the committee who shall
prepare the affidavit in accordance with the data supplied by the
applicant.
Section 36. Voting centers for registration purposes.
— Without prejudice to the establishment of new voting centers,
transfer, merger or splitting of existing ones, the voting centers
which functioned as such during the immediately preceding national
election shall be used as centers for purposes of the registration of
voters. Each voting center shall have as far as practicable three
hundred registered voters.
Section 37. Jurisdiction in inclusion and exclusion
cases. — The municipal or metropolitan trial courts shall have original
and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters of inclusion in and
exclusion of voters from the list in their respective municipalities or
cities. Decisions of the municipal or metropolitan trial courts may be
appealed directly by the aggrieved party to the proper Regional Trial
Court within five days from receipt of notice thereof, otherwise said
decision of the municipal or metropolitan trial court shall become
final and executory after said period. The Regional Trial Court shall
decide the appeal within ten days from the time the appeal was received
and its decision shall be immediately final and executory. No motion
for reconsideration shall be entertained by the courts. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 38. Application for inclusion of voters in
the list. — Any person whom the citizens election committee has refused
to register or whose name has been stricken out from the list may apply
within twenty days after the last registration day, to the proper
Municipal or Metropolitan Trial Court, for an order directing the
citizens election committees to include or reinstate his name in the
list, together with the certificate of the citizens election committees
regarding his case and proof of service of notice of his application
upon a member of the citizens election committee with indication of the
time, place, and court before which the application is to be heard.
Section 39. Voters excluded through inadvertence or
registered with an erroneous or misspelled name. — Any voter registered
in the permanent list, who has not been included in the list prepared
for the election or who has been included therein with a wrong or
misspelled name, shall have the right to file an application on any
date with the proper Municipal or Metropolitan Trial Court, for an
order directing that his name be reinstated in the list or that he be
registered with his correct name. He shall attach to such application a
certified copy of the entry of his name in the list of the preceding
election, together with proof that he has applied without success to
the citizens election committees and that he has served notice thereof
upon a member of the committee.
Section 40. Application for exclusion of voters from
the list. — Any registered voter in a municipality may apply at any
time except during the period beginning with the twenty-first day after
the last registration day of any election up to and including the
election day to the proper municipal or metropolitan trial court, for
the exclusion of a voter from the list, giving the name and residence
of the latter, the voting center in which he is registered, and the
grounds for the challenge. The application shall be sworn to and
accompanied by proof of notice to a member of the citizens election
committee, if the same is duly constituted, and to the challenged voter.
Section 41. Common rules governing judicial
proceedings in the matter of inclusion, exclusion, and correction of
names of voters. — (a) Outside of the regular office hours no
application for inclusion, exclusion, or correction of names of voters
shall be received.
(b) Notices to the members of the citizens election
committees and to the challenged voters shall state the place, day and
hour in which such application or motion shall be heard, and such
notice may be made by sending a copy thereof by registered mail or by
personal delivery to them, or by leaving it in the possession of a
person of sufficient discretion in the residence of the said persons,
or, in the event that the foregoing procedure is not practicable, by
posting a copy in a conspicuous place in the municipal building and in
two other conspicuous places within the municipality, at least ten days
prior to the day set for the hearing.
In the interest of justice and to afford the challenged voter all the
opportunities to contest the applicant for exclusion, the court
concerned may, when the challenged voter fails to appear on the first
day set for the hearing, order that notice be effected in such manner
and within such period of time as he may decide, which time shall in no
case be more than ten days from the day the respondent is first bound
in default.
(c) Each application shall refer to only one voting.
(d) No costs shall be assessed in these proceedings.
However, if the court should be satisfied that the application has been
filed for the sole purpose of molesting the adverse party and causing
him to incur expenses, he may condemn the culpable party to pay the
costs and incidental expenses.
(e) Any candidate who may be affected by the
proceedings may intervene and present his evidence.
(f) The decision shall be based on the evidence
presented. If the question is whether or not the voter is real or
fictitious his non-appearance on the day set for hearing shall be prima
facie evidence that the registered voter is fictitious. In no case
shall a decision be rendered upon a stipulation of facts.
(g) These applications shall be heard and decided
without delay. The decision shall be rendered within six hours after
the hearing and within ten days from the date of its filing in court.
Cases appealed to the Regional Trial Court shall be decided within ten
days from receipt of the appeal in the office of the clerk of court. In
any case, the court shall decide these petitions not later than the day
before the election and the decision rendered thereon shall be
immediately final and executory, notwithstanding the provisions of Sec.
37 on the finality of decisions.
Section 42. Election offenses. — (a) The following
shall be guilty of a serious election offense punishable in accordance
with the provisions of this Decree:cralaw:red
(1) Any person who deliberately makes any false or
untruthful statement relative to any of the data or information
required in the voter's affidavit as herein prescribed;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(2) Any member of the citizens election committee who
knowingly approves the application of a person who does not possess all
the qualifications or who possesses any of the disqualifications
prescribed by law for voters, or who knowingly disapproves the
application or a person who possesses all such qualifications and one
of the disqualifications;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(3) Any person who registers in substitution for
another whether with or without the latter's knowledge and/or
consent; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(4) Any person who falsifies any voter's affidavit or
the current list of voters;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(5) Any person who deliberately imprints blurred or
indistinct thumbmark on any of the copies of the application for
registration, or in the corresponding space on the voter's voting
records; or any member of the citizens election committee who
deliberately or through negligence causes or allows the imprinting of
blurred or indistinct thumbmarks in any of the above-mentioned election
records; or any person who tampers with the thumbmarks in said election
records;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(6) Any person who delays, or hinders or obstructs
another from registering as a voter or from taking steps leading
thereto;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(7) Any person who shall falsely certify or identify
another as a bona fide resident of a particular place or locality for
the purpose of securing the latter's registration as a voter;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(8) Any member of the citizens election committee or
any person acting on their behalf who fails, without cause, to post or
to give any of the notices or to make any of the reports required by
this Decree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(9) Any person who being ineligible for appointment
as member of the citizens' election committee, accepts an appointment
to said committee, assumes office and actually serves as member
thereof; or any public officer or any person acting on his behalf who
appoints such ineligible person knowing him to be ineligible;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(10) Any person who, without authority, acts as, or
assumes or performs any function of, as member of the citizens election
committee; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(11) Any public official, or any person acting in
this behalf, who relieves any member of the citizen's election
committee or who changes or causes the change of the assignment of
members of the Committee without authority of the Commission; and
(12) Any person who, in the presence or within the
hearing of the citizens election committee during any of its meetings,
conducts himself in a disorderly manner in such a way as to interrupt
or disrupt its work or proceedings to the end of preventing said body
from performing its functions, either partly or totally.
Section 43. Penalties. — Any person found guilty of
any election offense under this Decree shall be punished with
imprisonment of not less than one year but not more than six years. In
addition, the guilty party shall be sentenced to suffer
disqualification to hold public office and deprivation of the right of
suffrage. If he is a foreigner, he shall be sentenced to deportation
which shall be enforced after the prison terms has been served. Any
political party, group or entity found guilty shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than ten thousand pesos, which shall be imposed upon
such party, group or entity after criminal action has been instituted
in which their corresponding officials have been found guilty.
Section 44. Prosecution. — The Commission shall,
through its duly authorized legal officers, have the power to conduct
preliminary investigation of all election offenses punishable under
this Decree, and to prosecute the same. The Commission may avail of the
assistance of other prosecuting arms of the Government.
Section 45. Prescription. — Election offenses shall
prescribe after three years from the date of their commission. If the
discovery of the offense is made in an election contest proceedings,
the period of prescription shall commence on the date on which the
judgment in such proceedings becomes final and executory.
Section 46. Jurisdiction of courts. — The Regional
Trial Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to try and
decide any criminal action or proceedings for violation of this Decree.
From the decision of the courts, appeal will lie as in other criminal
cases. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 47. List to be used in the January 27, 1984
Plebiscite. — This Decree shall not in any manner affect the existing
books of voters and the registration records of voters who shall
register for the plebiscite on January 27, 1984. Said books of voters
and registration records shall be the bases for the preparation of the
list of voters to be used in the plebiscite.
Section 48. Appropriation. — The amount of one
hundred million pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this Decree is hereby set aside out of the Special
Activities Fund provided in the current General Appropriations Act.
Section 49. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or
modified accordingly. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 50. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-four.
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