RA 180 (Revised Election Code) Section 173

Procedure against an ineligible person.

Section 173

SEC. 173. Procedure against an ineligible person.—When a person who is not eligible is elected to a provincial or municipal office, his right to the office may be contested by any registered candidate for the same office before the Court of First Instance of the province, within one week after the proclamation of his election, by filing a petition for quo warranto. The case shall be conducted in accordance with the usual procedure and shall be decided within thirty days from the filing of the complaint. A copy of the decision shall be furnished the Commission on Elections. (C. A. 357-167; C. A. 657)

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