RA 180 (Revised Election Code) Section 27

Candidate holding office.

Section 27

SEC. 27. Candidate holding office.—Any elective provincial, municipal, or city official running for an office, other than the one which he is actually holding, shall be considered resigned from his office from the moment of the filing of his certificate of candidacy. (C. A. 666-2, last par.)

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