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CA 34 Section 7

Section 7

SEC. 7. All judicial proceedings for the inclusion or exclusion of voters shall be free of charge and shall be filed not later than the twenty-third day of April nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and shall be finally decided on or before the twenty-sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven. The board of election inspectors shall hold its last meeting on April twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, for the purpose specified in section four hundred and thirty-nine of the Election Law. SEC. 8. The ballots to be used in the plebiscite shall be printed m English and in Spanish and shall conform to the following form: OFFICIAL BALLOT BALOTA OFFICIAL THE QUESTION OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE is submitted in this plebiscite to the female citizens of the Philippines, in order that they may vote either in favor or against the granting of such suffrage, pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the Constitution which reads as follows: “SECTION 1. Suffrage may be exercised by male citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law, who are twenty-one years of age or over and are able to read and write, and who shall have resided in the Philippines for one year and in the municipality wherein they propose to vote for at least six months preceding the election. The National Assembly shall extend the right of suffrage to women, if in a plebiscite which shall be held for that purpose within two years after the adoption of this Constitution, not less than three hundred thousand women possessing the necessary qualifications shall vote affirmatively on the question.” If you are in favor of woman suffrage answer “Yes,” and if you are against, answer “No” in the corresponding square. LA CUESTION DEL SUFRAGIO FEMENINO so somete en este plebiscite a las ciudadanas de Filipinas para que ellas voten, bien a favor o en contra del otorgamiento de diebo sifragio, por virtud de las disposiciones del Capitulo V de la Constitucion que se lee como sigue: “ARTICULO 1. Podra ejercitar el sufragio todo ciudadano Filipino que tenga veintiun años de edad o mas, sepa leer y escribir, haya residido en Filipinas un Año y seis meses, por lo menos, en el municipio en que se proponga votar antes de la fecha de la eleccion, u Nacional otorgara, sin embargo, a la mujer el derecho de sufragio, siempre que, en un plebiscite que se consavocara al efecto, dentro de dos años despues de adoptada esta Constitucion, trescientas mil mujeres cuando menos, que poseyeren las necesarias calicaciones, voten afirmativamente sobre la cuestion.” Si esta en favor del otorgamiento de dicho sufragio, escriba la palabra “Si” en el encasillado en blanco despues de la pregunta: si esta en contra, escriba la palabra “No.” Are you in favor of granting suffrage to women? Esta Vd. en favor de la concesion del sufragio a las mujeres?

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CitationCA 34 Section 7 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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