Judicial counting of votes in contested elections.
Section 169
SEC. 169. Judicial counting of votes in contested elections. — Upon the petition of any interested party, or motu proprio, if the interests of justice so require, the court shall immediately order that the copies of the registry lists, the ballot boxes, the election statements, the voters' affidavits, and the other documents used in the election be produced before it and that the ballots be examined and the votes recounted, and for such purpose it may appoint such officers as it may deem necessary and shall fix their compensation at not less than five pesos nor more than fifteen pesos for each of them for each election precinct which they may completely revise and report upon.