Continuing system of registration of voters.
Section 79
SEC. 79. Continuing system of registration of voters.— For purposes of filing of applications for registration, the registration period shall commence on the working day immediately following the holding of an election and shall end ten days before the day of the succeeding election, unless the Commission rules otherwise in special cases. Filing of applications for registration shall be conducted daily in the office of the election registrar during regular office hours: Provided, That to facilitate registration, the Commission may extend the hours of registration and authorize registration of voters in any barangay in the city, municipality or municipal district. A qualified voter shall register by personally filing an application for registration before the election registrar of the city or municipality wherein he is qualified to vote or before any authorized official of the Commission. The provisions of the foregoing paragraphs notwithstanding, registration of voters may be conducted in the voting centers by the citizens election committee whenever go authorized by law. The election registrar and the members of the citizens election committee in appropriate cases shall have the power to administer oaths, issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum, swear witnesses, and compel witnesses to appear and testify, but if the summons is issued at the instance of any private party, the corresponding fees and expenses incident thereto shall be paid by said party.