Postponement or failure of election.
Section 16
SEC. 16. Postponement or failure of election. —When for any serious cause such as violence, terrorism, loss or destruction of election paraphernalia or records, force majeure, and other analogous causes of such nature that the holding of a free, orderly and honest election should become impossible in any barangay, the Commission on Elections, upon a verified petition, and after due notice and hearing, shall postpone the election therein for such time as it may deem neceessary. If, on account of force majeure, violence, terrorism, or other analogous causes or fraud, the election in any barangay has not been held on the date herein fixed or has been suspended before the hour fixed by law for the closing of the voting therein and such failure or suspension of election would affect the result of the election, the Commission on Elections, on the basis of a verified petition and after due notice and hearing, shall call for the holding or continuation of the election on a date reasonably close to the date of the election not held or suspended. In such case, the Minister of Local Government shall designate the persons who shall temporarily act as Punong Barangay (Barangay Captain) and Members of the Sangguniang Barangay (Barangay Council). When the conditions in these areas warrant, upon verification by the Commission on Elections, or upon petition of a least thirty per centum of the registered voters in the barangay concerned, it shall order the holding of the barangay election. III. Canvassing of Results