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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1907
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1907 -
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1896 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A
GENERAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES"
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WHEREAS,
the information on the general registration of voters is being
disseminated throughout the country by the Commission on Elections and
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WHEREAS, a substantial number of citizens especially in the countryside
has not been fully apprised of the ramification of Presidential Decree
No. 1896, such that it is necessary to reset the scheduled meetings of
the citizens' election committee.
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 decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. The second paragraph of Section 8 of
Presidential Decree No. 1896, is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"For the May 14, 1984 elections, said meetings shall be held on March
24, 25 and 31, and April 1, 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 2. The first paragraph of Section 13 of
Presidential Decree No. 1896, is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 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 14, 1984, upon nomination by the respective political
parties. For the 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 March 7, 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."
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Eighty-Four.
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