Effectivity and applicability.
Section 9
SEC. 9. Effectivity and applicability.—This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall be applicable only to the presidential election of 1981. In case of conflict or inconsistency with other laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and govern. In all matters not herein provided for, the pertinent provisions of the 1978 Election Code and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder not inconsistent with this Act shall govern. Approved, April 28, 1981.