Contents of certificate of candidacy.
Section 16
SEC. 16. Contents of certificate of candidacy.—The certificate of candidacy shall state that the person filing it is announcing his candidacy for the office of Member of the Batasang Pambansa and that he is eligible for said office; the province and its component city or cities, highly urbanized city, or the district in Metropolitan Manila which he seeks to represent, as the case may be; the political party or coalition of political parties to which he belongs, if any, and whether he is the official candidate of such political party or coalition, if such be the case; civil status, and if married, the full name of his or her spouse; his date of birth, residence, and his post office address for all election purposes; his profession or occupation; the voting center where he is duly registered; that he will support and defend the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto; that he will obey the laws and legal orders promulgated by the duly constituted authorities; that the obligation imposed by his oath is assumed voluntarily, without mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that the facts stated in the certificate of candidacy are true of his own personal knowledge. A candidate may use in his certificate of candidacy the name by which he has been baptized, or the name registered in the office of the local civil registrar, or any other name allowed under the provisions of existings laws: Provided, That when there are two or more candidates for an office with the same name and surname, each candidate, upon being made aware of such fact, shall state his paternal and maternal surnames, except the incumbent who may continue to use the name and surname stated in his certificate of candidacy when he was elected. He may also include one nickname or stage name by which he is generally or popularly known in the locality. The person filing a certificate of candidacy shall also affix his latest passport-size photograph and a statement in duplicate containing his bio-data. In case a candidate has a pending petition for his inclusion as a voter in the constituency where he seeks to be elected or is the respondent in a petition for exclusion, his certificate of candidacy shall be allowed and given due course subject to the outcome of the petition. Any decision on a petition for inclusion or exclusion which affects the qualification of a candidate may be elevated for review to the Commission on Elections.