Section 5
SEC. 5. The provincial or city board of canvassers shall, as son as possible and not later than fifteen days next following the day of the election, canvass all the votes cast in the province or city for the offices of President, Vice-President, Senators, and Members of the House of Representatives, and upon the completion of the canvass, shall make, as the case may be, a statement of all the votes received by each candidate for the offices of President and Vice-President, a statement of all the votes for the office of Senator, and a statement of all the votes for the office of Member of the House of Representatives for each legislative district. Upon the completion of the statements, the board shall, with regard to the election of the Member of the House of Representatives for each legislative district. Upon the completion of the statements, the board shall, with regard to the election of the Member of the House of Representatives, proclaim elected the candidate for each legislative district who has received the largest number of votes therein; but in case two or more candidates for the same district shall have received the same largest number of votes, the board shall proceed in accordance with section one hundred and sixty of the Election Code. With regard to the election of President, Vice-President, and Senators, the board shall merely state and certify the number of votes polled by the candidates for said offices and shall forthwith send by registered mail the corresponding statements to the National Assembly.