Section 10
SEC. 10. The provincial or city board of canvassers shal meet as soon as possible but not later than fifteen days next following the day of the election to canvass the votes cast in the preovince or city, 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, another statement of all the votes cast for the office of Senator, and another statement of all the votes cast for the office of Member of the House of Representatives for each legislative district. Upon the completion of the statements, the board shall, with respect to the election of the Member of the House of Representatives, proclaim elected the registered candidate for each legislative district who received the largest number of votes therein; but in case two or more candidates of the same district shall receive the same largest number of votes, the board shall proceed in accordance with section one hundred sixty of the Election Code. With respect 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 statement of votes for Senators to the Commission on Elections and the statement for President and Vice-President to the President of the Senate thru the Commission on Elections. Copies of the statement of the results of the election shall be made and signed by the members of the provincial or city board of canvassers and sealed with the seal of the province or city government. A copy of such statement shall be filed by the provincial or city treasurer in his office, and he shall send immediately by registered mail a copy thereof to the following: the Commission on Elections; the Secretaries of both Houses of Congress; and to each of the respective candidates who received the largest number of votes in the province or city.