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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1296-A
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
1296-A - AMENDING Section 74 OF THE 1978 ELECTION CODE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, TO VOTE IN THEIR PLACE OF ASSIGNMENT
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WHEREAS,
under the Constitution, it is the obligation of every citizen qualified
to vote, to register and cast his vote;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, government officials and employees and members of the armed
forces may find it physically inconvenient if not impossible to comply
with said obligation on account of the performance and discharge of
their official duties and functions especially when on official mission
in places other than where they are registered. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 74 of the 1978 Election Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 74. Qualifications of 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, municipality or municipal district 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, municipality or municipal
district solely by reason of his occupation; profession, employment in
private or public service; educational activities; work in military or
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 of the
city, municipality or municipal district 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; Provided, further, That any official
or employee of the government or any member of the armed forces who on
election day is on official duty, assignment or mission in a place
other than where he is registered as a voter, shall be allowed to cast
his vote in the voting center nearest his place of assignment, camp,
barracks or detachment upon proof that he is on official mission and is
duly registered as a voter in his place of residence.
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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