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Act No. 82 Section 93

Section 93

SEC. 93. The chairman shall issue a proclamation fixing the time and place of holding an election, specifying the offices to be filled, giving the number of councilors to be allotted to the municipality pending the taking of the official census, and notifying all persons desiring to qualify as electors to appear before the committee during the first fifteen days after the publication of the proclamation, for the purpose of taking the elector's oath, which may be administered by any member of the committee. The proclamation shall be posted by some member of the committee at the main entrance of the municipal building and in one public and conspicuous place in each barrio. The committee shall prepare, publish, and correct, within five days after the expiration of the time when electors are required to qualify, a list of electors having the qualifications set forth in section six of this Act. The committee shall preside at the election as judges thereof, and shall make due return thereof to the Military Governor and also to the provincial governor, if there be one, and shall canvass, declare, and publish the results as prescribed in sections nine, ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen; and the committee shall forthwith proceed, after such declaration and publication, to administer the oath of office to the newly elected officials, as provided in section sixteen.

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CitationAct No. 82 Section 93 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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