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Republic Act No. 6637
AN
ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE AND FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SIX
HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-SIX.
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 6637
AN
ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE AND FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SIX
HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-SIX.
Section
1. The provisions of Section
1 of Republic Act No. 6636 resetting the local elections are hereby
amended
to read as follows:
"Sec.
1. Election of Local Officials.
— There shall be elections for provincial governors, provincial
vice-governors,
city and municipal mayors, city and municipal vice-mayors, and members
of each Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Sangguniang Panlungsod and
Sangguniang
Bayan, including all members of the city or municipal boards or
councils
in the Metropolitan Manila area to be held on Monday, January 18, 1988.
Certificates of candidacy for the aforesaid local elective positions
shall
be filed not later than December 1, 1987. All local officials, whether
elected, acting or officer-in-charge who file or have filed their
certificates
of candidacy shall be deemed automatically resigned from their
positions
effective December 1, 1987, any provision of the law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
If the governor or the city or municipal mayor or the officer-in-charge
of that office is a candidate and unless the Secretary of Local
Government
designates another person, the following local officials shall act as
officer-in-charge
of the position vacated in a concurrent capacity in the order
hereinbelow
provided: chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred"(a) Chief,
Senior and Local Government Officers for provinces, cities and
municipalities,
respectively; "(b) Provincial/City/Municipality
Administrator; chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"(c) Provincial/City/Municipal
Health Officer. "In
case of vacancies in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Sangguniang
Panlungsod,
or Sangguniang Bayan or account of the candidacies of their members,
the
Secretary of Local Government shall designate acting members thereof
from
qualified voters in the province, city or municipality to fill such
vacancies."
Sec.
2. Section 4 of Republic Act
No. 6636 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec.
4. Provinces and other Municipalities.
— First and second class each have ten (10) elective members for their
respective Sangguniang Panlalawigan; third and fourth class provinces,
eight (8); and fifth and sixth class provinces, six (6), to be elected
at large by the qualified voters therein. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred"All
municipalities other than those mentioned in Section 2 of this Act
shall
have the same number of elective members in their Sangguniang Bayan so
provided in existing laws."
Sec.
3. All other provisions of Republic
Act No. 6636 which are not otherwise in conflict with any of the
provisions
hereof shall remain valid and in full force and effect. chan
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Sec.
4. This Act shall take effect
immediately after its publication in at least two newspapers of general
circulation.chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
November
21, 1987 |
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