Presidential Decree No. 1241 (PD 1241) — Further Amending Certain Sections of Presidential Decree No. 1187 Entitled "Providing for a General Registration of All Qualified Voters Throughout the Philippines."
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1187, as amended, provided
for a general registration of all qualified voters throughout the Philippines;
and
WHEREAS, there is a need to further amend certain provisions
of said Decree so as to insure a more effective and orderly registration of
voters in the country;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the further amendment of Presidential Decree No. 1187, as
follows:
Maximum number of registered voters for every voting Center.
SECTION 1. Maximum number of registered voters for every
voting Center.— A new section to be known as Section 11 shall be inserted
after Section 10 of Presidential Decree No. 1187 which shall read as
follows:
"SEC. 11. Maximum number of registered voters for every
voting center.— Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section,
the number of registered voters in every voting center shall not exceed three
hundred unless otherwise authorized by the Commission on Elections in special
cases."
Repealing Sections 12 and 20.
SEC. 2. Repealing Sections 12 and 20.— Sections 12
and 20 of the same Presidential Decree are hereby repealed.
Use of the book of voters for the election.
SEC. 3. Use of the book of voters for the
election.— Section 19 of the same Decree is hereby repealed and substituted
with the following:
"SEC. 19. Use of the book of voters for the election.
—Whenever an election is called, it shall be the duty of the Citizens
Election Committee to obtain from the election registrar concerned before the
start of voting on election day the book of voters containing the approved
applications for registration of voters pertaining to the center where they are
assigned together with the other forms and paraphernalia needed for the
election: Provided, however, That the Commission on Elections may, for special
reasons authorize the delivery of the book of voters, election forms and other
paraphernalia at an earlier date to the election committee concerned. Only those
voters whose applications are included in the book of voters shall be allowed to
vote except as may be ordered by competent court.
"The book of voters shall be returned to the Election Registrar by the
Citizens Election Committee on the day following the election, duly arranged in
the same manner that it was received."
SEC. 4. Section 18 of the same Decree is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"SEC. 18. Preparation of list of voters.—On the
last meeting day for the registration of voters, the citizens Registration
Committee shall before aajouming prepare and certify an alphabetical list of
voters in triplicate based on all applications for registration approved by it
pursuant to this Decree including those approved by the Election Registrar in
accordance with Presidential Decree No. 1099.
"The Election Registrar shall deliver on the last day of registration before
the Citizens Registration Committee to the proper registration committee all the
approved applications under his custody pertaining to the voting center for
inclusion in the list of voters.
"On the day following, one copy shall be delivered to the Election Registrar,
and another copy to the Barangay Captain. The third copy of the list shall be
retained by the Chairman of the Committee. All copies shall be made available
for inspection by the public during reasonable hours.
"Not later than seven days before the day of the election, the Election
Registrar shall prepare and certify for each voting center a supplemental list
of voters containing the names, in alphabetical order, and addresses of voters
registered by him after the last day of registration in the voting centers.
Copies of the list shall each be delivered to the Chairman of the Registration
Committee and to the Barangay Captain concerned."
Repealing Clause.
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause.— Section 29 of the same
Decree is hereby amended by adding a second paragraph thereto, so that said
section shall read as follows:
"SEC. 29. Repealing Clause.—All laws, decrees,
rules and regulations thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this decree
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
"As a consequence of the insertion of a new section known as Section 11 and
the deletion of Sections 12 and 20, Sections 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31 and 32 shall be renumbered respectively as Sections 12, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31."
Effectivity.
SEC. 6. Effectivity.—This Decree shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of November in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
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