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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1215
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1215 -
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1099 ENTITLED "REESTABLISHING THE
PERMANENT SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION OF VOTERS UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, PRESCRIBING THE MECHANICS
THEREOF, VALIDATING THE LISTS OF VOTERS FOR USE IN THE ELECTIONS OF THE
SANGGUNIANG PAMPOOK AND SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS, PLEBISCITES OR REFERENDA,
AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES"
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WHEREAS,
the Commission on Elections has reported that there has been heavy
registration of voters in its registration offices under the permanent
system of registration as provided under Presidential Decree No. 1099;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the election registrars alone cannot cope with such heavy
registration, thereby necessitating assistance from other competent
employees and personnel of the Commission;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. Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 1099
is hereby amended as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 4. Registration of Voters. — Any Qualified
voter shall register by personally appearing before, and filing a sworn
application for registration in duplicate with the election registrar
of the city, municipality or municipal district wherein he is a
resident on any date but not later than ten days before the election
plebiscite or referendum: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMISSION ON
ELECTIONS MAY AUTHORIZE ANY OF ITS PERSONNEL WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BAR
TO ACT AS REGISTRATION OFFICER IN ANY CITY, MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPAL
DISTRICT WHENEVER THE NEED ARISES, PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT IN ORDER TO
FACILITATE THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, ELECTION CLERKS MAY BE
AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO ADMINISTER THE OATH
REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION, SUBJECT TO THE
SUPERVISION OF THE ELECTION REGISTRAR CONCERNED." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Qualified voters not otherwise included in the list of voters as
hereinabove provided shall register with the election registrar in the
manner herein prescribed."
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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