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| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8524 - AN ACT
CHANGING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE
SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN FROM THREE (3) YEARS TO FIVE (5) YEARS, AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE Section 43 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
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1. Section 43 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise
known as the Local Government Code of 1991, is hereby amended to read
as follows: "Section 43. Term of Office. — (a) The term of office of all elective officials elected after the effectivity of this Code shall be three (3) years, starting from noon of June 30, 1992 or such date as may be provided for by law, except that of elective barangay officials and members of the sangguniang kabataan: provided, that all local officials first elected during the local elections immediately following the ratification of the 1987 Constitution shall serve until noon of June 30, 1992. "(b) No local elective official shall serve for more than three (3) consecutive terms in the same position. Voluntary renunciation of the office for any length of time shall not be considered as an interruption in the continuity of service for the full term for which the elective official concerned was elected. "(c) The term of barangay officials and members of the sangguniang kabataan shall be for five (5) years, which shall begin after the regular election of barangay officials on the second Monday of May 1997: provided, that the sangguniang kabataan members who were elected in the May 1996 elections shall serve until the next regular election of barangay officials." Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to the incumbent barangay officials and members of the sangguniang kabataan. Section 3. All laws, decrees, executive orders, letters of instructions, letters of implementations, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. Section 4. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. Approved: February 14, 1998 |
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