Act No. 1645 — An Act to Legalize Municipal Elections, Heretofore Held Under the Provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, on and After January Fifteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven.
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Whereas sundry elections for municipal officers were in good faith held under the election provisions of the Municipal Code on and after the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, in ignorance of the fact that said provisions were repealed on said date: Now therefore, to give effect to the choice of the people and to avoid the expense and disturbance of repeated elections: By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. All elections to fill municipal offices which were held prior to the date of the passage of this Act and on or after the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, under the provisions of the Municipal Code in force prior to said fifteenth, day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, which have been or may be confirmed by the provincial board in accordance with the said Municipal Code are hereby legalized and declared to be of full force and effect. The officers elected at such elections are hereby authorized to assume and fill the respective offices to which they were elected for the remainder of the respective terms for which they were elected.
SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, May 14, 1907.
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