Election Period, Section 9, Article IX-C
V, Constitution
Section 9. Unless otherwise fixed by the Commission in special cases, the
election period shall commence ninety days before the day of election and
shall end thirty days thereafter.
Sec. 5, Omnibus Election Code
Sec. 5 Postponement of election. – When for any serious cause such as
violence, terrorism, loss or destruction of election paraphernalia or records,
force majeure, and other analogous causes of such a nature that the holding
of a free, orderly and honest election should become impossible in any
political subdivision, the Commission, motu proprio or upon a verified petition
by any interested party, and after due notice and hearing, whereby all
interested parties are afforded equal opportunity to be heard, shall postpone
the election therein to a date which should be reasonably close to the date of
the election not held, suspended or which resulted in a failure to elect but not
later than thirty days after the cessation of the cause for such postponement
or suspension of the election or failure to elect.
Section 6, Omnibus Election Code
Sec. 6 Failure of election. – If, on account of force majeure, violence,
terrorism, fraud, or other analogous causes the election in any polling place
has not been held on the date fixed, or had been suspended before the hour
fixed by law for the closing of the voting, or after the voting and during the
preparation and the transmission of the election returns or in the custody or
canvass thereof, such election results in a failure to elect, and in any of such
cases the failure or suspension of election would affect the result of the
election, the Commission shall, on the basis of a verified petition by any
interested party and after due notice and hearing, call for the holding or
continuation of the election not held, suspended or which resulted in a failure
to elect on a date reasonably close to the date of the election not held,
suspended or which resulted in a failure to elect but not later than thirty days
after the cessation of the cause of such postponement or suspension of the
election or failure to elect.
Qualifications, Sec. 1, Art.
Section 1. Suffrage may be exercised by all citizens of the Philippines, not
otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least eighteen years of age, and
who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one year and in the
place wherein they propose to vote, for at least six months immediately
preceding the election. No literacy, property, or other substantive
requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage.
Sec. 9 RA 8189
Section 9. Who may Register. All citizens of the Philippines not otherwise
disqualified by law who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, and who shall
have resided in the Philippines for at least one (1) year, and in the place
wherein they propose to vote, for at least six (6) months immediately
preceding the election, may register as a voter.
Any person who temporarily resides in another city, municipality or country
solely by reason of his occupation, profession, employment in private or
public service, educational activities, work in the military or naval
reservations within the Philippines, service in the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, the National Police Forces, or confinement or detention in
government institutions in accordance with law, shall not be deemed to have
lost his original residence.
Any person, who, on the day of registration may not have reached the
required age or period of residence but, who, on the day of the election shall
possess such qualifications, may register as a voter.
Sec 11, RA 8189
Section 11. Disqualification. The following shall be disqualified from
registering:
a) Any person who has been sentenced by final judgment to suffer
imprisonment of not less than one (1) year, such disability not having
been removed by plenary pardon or amnesty: Provided, however,
That any person disqualified to vote under this paragraph shall
automatically reacquire the right to vote upon expiration of five (5)
years after service of sentence;
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 b) Any person who has been adjudged by final judgment by a
competent court or tribunal of having committed any crime involving
disloyalty to the duly constituted government such as rebellion,
sedition, violation of the firearms laws or any crime against national
security, unless restored to his full civil and political rights in
accordance with law: Provided, That he shall automatically reacquire
the right to vote upon expiration of five (5) years after service of
sentence; and
c) Insane or incompetent persons declared as such by competent
authority unless subsequently declared by proper authority that such
person is no longer insane or incompetent.
Sec. 33-35 RA8189
Section 33. Jurisdiction in Inclusion and Exclusion Case. The Municipal and
Metropolitan Trial Courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all
cases of inclusion and exclusion of voters in their respective cities or
municipalities. Decisions of the Municipal or Metropolitan Trial Courts may be
appealed by the aggrieved party to the Regional Trial Court within five (5)
days from receipt of notice thereof. Otherwise, said decision shall become
final and executory. The regional trial court shall decide the appeal within ten
(10) days from the time it is received and the decision shall immediately
become final and executory. No motion for reconsideration shall be
entertained.
Section 34. Petition for Inclusion of Voters in the List. Any person whose
application for registration has been disapproved by the Board or whose
name has been stricken out from the list may file with the court a petition to
include his name in the permanent list of voters in his precinct at any time
except one hundred five (105) days prior to a regular election or seventy-five
(75) days prior to a special election. It shall be supported by a certificate of
disapproval of his application and proof of service of notice of his petition
upon the Board. The petition shall be decided within fifteen (15) days after its
filing.
If the decision is for the inclusion of voters in the permanent list of voters, the
Board shall place the application for registration previously disapproved in
the corresponding book of voters and indicate in the application for
registration the date of the order of inclusion and the court which issued the
same.
Section 35. Petition for Exclusion of Voters from the List. Any registered
voters, representative of a political party or the Election Officer, may file with
the court a sworn petition for the exclusion of a voter from the permanent list
of voters giving the name, address and the precinct of the challenged voter at
any time except one hundred (100) days prior to a regular election or sixty-
five (65) days before a special election. The petition shall be accompanied by
proof of notice to the Board and to the challenged voter and shall be decided
within ten (10) days from its filing.
If the decision is for the exclusion of the voter from the list, the Board shall,
upon receipt of the final decision, remove the voter’s registration record from
the corresponding book of voters, enter the order of exclusion therein, and
thereafter place the record in the inactive file.
Sec. 14, RA 8189
Section 14. Illiterate or Disabled Applicants. Any illiterate person may
register with the assistance of the Election Officer or any member of an
accredited citizen’s arms. The Election Officer shall place such illiterate
person under oath, ask him the questions, and record the answers given in
order to accomplish the application form in the presence of the majority of the
members of the Board. The Election Officer or any member of an accredited
citizen’s arm shall read the accomplished form aloud to the person assisted
and ask him if the information given is true and correct The accomplished
form shall be subscribed by the applicant in the presence of the Board by
means of thumbmark or some other customary mark and it shall be
subscribed and attested by the majority of the members of the Board.
The attestation shall state the name of the person assisted, the name of the
Election Officer or the member of the accredited citizen’s arm who assisted
the applicant, the fact that the Election Officer placed the applicant under
oath, that the Election Officer or the member of the accredited citizen’s arm
who assisted the applicant read the accomplished form to the person
assisted, and that the person assisted affirmed its truth and accuracy, by
placing his thumbmark or some other customary mark on the application in
the presence of the Board.
The application for registration of a physically disabled person may be
prepared by any relative within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or
affinity or by the Election Officer or any member of an accredited citizen’s
arm using the data supplied by the applicant. The fact of illiteracy or disability
shall be so indicated in the application.
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Sec. 39 RA 8189
Section 39. Annulment at Book of Voters. The Commission shall, upon
verified petition of any voter or election officer or duly registered political
party, and after notice and hearing, annul any book of voters that is not
prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Act or was prepared
through fraud, bribery, forgery, impersonation, intimidation, force or any
similar irregularity, or which contains data that are statistically improbable. No
order, ruling or decision annulling a book of voters shall be executed within
ninety (90) days before an election.
III. Political Parties.
Consti. Provisions
Sec 2(5), Article IX-C
Section 2. The Commission on Elections shall exercise the following powers
and functions:
5. Register, after sufficient publication, political parties, organizations, or
coalitions which, in addition to other requirements, must present their
platform or program of government; and accredit citizens' arms of the
Commission on Elections. Religious denominations and sects shall
not be registered. Those which seek to achieve their goals through
violence or unlawful means, or refuse to uphold and adhere to this
Constitution, or which are supported by any foreign government shall
likewise be refused registration.
Financial contributions from foreign governments and their agencies
to political parties, organizations, coalitions, or candidates related to
elections, constitute interference in national affairs, and, when
accepted, shall be an additional ground for the cancellation of their
registration with the Commission, in addition to other penalties that
may be prescribed by law.
Section 7. No votes cast in favor of a political party, organization, or coalition
shall be valid, except for those registered under the party-list system as
provided in this Constitution. (ART. IX-C)
Section 8. Political parties, or organizations or coalitions registered under
the party-list system, shall not be represented in the voters' registration
boards, boards of election inspectors, boards of canvassers, or other similar
bodies. However, they shall be entitled to appoint poll watchers in
accordance with law. (ART. IX-C)
Sec. 5(2), Art. VI, Constitution
2. The party-list representatives shall constitute twenty per centum of
the total number of representatives including those under the party
list. For three consecutive terms after the ratification of this
Constitution, one-half of the seats allocated to party-list
representatives shall be filled, as provided by law, by selection or
election from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural
communities, women, youth, and such other sectors as may be
provided by law, except the religious sector.
STATUTE
Party List Law, RA 7941
REPUBLIC ACT No. 7941
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST
REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the "Party-List System Act."
Section 2. Declaration of part y. The State shall promote proportional
representation in the election of representatives to the House of
Representatives through a party-list system of registered national, regional
and sectoral parties or organizations or coalitions thereof, which will enable
Filipino citizens belonging to marginalized and under-represented sectors,
organizations and parties, and who lack well-defined political constituencies
but who could contribute to the formulation and enactment of appropriate
legislation that will benefit the nation as a whole, to become members of the
House of Representatives. Towards this end, the State shall develop and
guarantee a full, free and open party system in order to attain the broadcast
possible representation of party, sectoral or group interests in the House of
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Representatives by enhancing their chances to compete for and win seats in
the legislature, and shall provide the simplest scheme possible.
Section 3. Definition of Terms. (a) The party-list system is a mechanism of
proportional representation in the election of representatives to the House of
Representatives from national, regional and sectoral parties or organizations
or coalitions thereof registered with the Commission on Elections
(COMELEC). Component parties or organizations of a coalition may
participate independently provided the coalition of which they form part does
not participate in the party-list system.
(b) A party means either a political party or a sectoral party or a
coalition of parties.
(c) A political party refers to an organized group of citizens
advocating an ideology or platform, principles and policies for the
general conduct of government and which, as the most immediate
means of securing their adoption, regularly nominates and supports
certain of its leaders and members as candidates for public office.
It is a national party when its constituency is spread over the
geographical territory of at least a majority of the regions. It is a
regional party when its constituency is spread over the geographical
territory of at least a majority of the cities and provinces comprising
the region.
(d) A sectoral party refers to an organized group of citizens belonging
to any of the sectors enumerated in Section 5 hereof whose principal
advocacy pertains to the special interest and concerns of their
sector,
(e) A sectoral organization refers to a group of citizens or a coalition
of groups of citizens who share similar physical attributes or
characteristics, employment, interests or concerns.
(f) A coalition refers to an aggrupation of duly registered national,
regional, sectoral parties or organizations for political and/or election
purposes.
Section 4. Manifestation to Participate in the Party-List System. Any party,
organization, or coalition already registered with the Commission need not
register anew. However, such party, organization, or coalition shall file with
the Commission, not later than ninety (90) days before the election, a
manifestation of its desire to participate in the party-list system.
Section 5. Registration. Any organized group of persons may register as a
party, organization or coalition for purposes of the party-list system by filing
with the COMELEC not later than ninety (90) days before the election a
petition verified by its president or secretary stating its desire to participate in
the party-list system as a national, regional or sectoral party or organization
or a coalition of such parties or organizations, attaching thereto its
constitution, by-laws, platform or program of government, list of officers,
coalition agreement and other relevant information as the COMELEC may
require: Provided, That the sectors shall include labor, peasant, fisherfolk,
urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, elderly, handicapped, women,
youth, veterans, overseas workers, and professionals.
The COMELEC shall publish the petition in at least two (2) national
newspapers of general circulation.
The COMELEC shall, after due notice and hearing, resolve the petition within
fifteen (15) days from the date it was submitted for decision but in no case
not later than sixty (60) days before election.
Section 6. Refusal and/or Cancellation of Registration. The COMELEC may,
motu propio or upon verified complaint of any interested party, refuse or
cancel, after due notice and hearing, the registration of any national, regional
or sectoral party, organization or coalition on any of the following grounds:
(1) It is a religious sect or denomination, organization or association,
organized for religious purposes;
(2) It advocates violence or unlawful means to seek its goal;
(3) It is a foreign party or organization;
(4) It is receiving support from any foreign government, foreign
political party, foundation, organization, whether directly or through
any of its officers or members or indirectly through third parties for
partisan election purposes;
(5) It violates or fails to comply with laws, rules or regulations relating
to elections;
(6) It declares untruthful statements in its petition;
(7) It has ceased to exist for at least one (1) year; or
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 (8) It fails to participate in the last two (2) preceding elections or fails
to obtain at least two per centum (2%) of the votes cast under the
party-list system in the two (2) preceding elections for the
constituency in which it has registered.
Section 7. Certified List of Registered Parties. The COMELEC shall, not later
than sixty (60) days before election, prepare a certified list of national,
regional, or sectoral parties, organizations or coalitions which have applied or
who have manifested their desire to participate under the party-list system
and distribute copies thereof to all precincts for posting in the polling places
on election day. The names of the part y-list nominees shall not be shown on
the certified list.
Section 8. Nomination of Party-List Representatives. Each registered party,
organization or coalition shall submit to the COMELEC not later than forty-
five (45) days before the election a list of names, not less than five (5), from
which party-list representatives shall be chosen in case it obtains the
required number of votes.
A person may be nominated in one (1) list only. Only persons who have
given their consent in writing may be named in the list. The list shall not
include any candidate for any elective office or a person who has lost his bid
for an elective office in the immediately preceding election. No change of
names or alteration of the order of nominees shall be allowed after the same
shall have been submitted to the COMELEC except in cases where the
nominee dies, or withdraws in writing his nomination, becomes incapacitated
in which case the name of the substitute nominee shall be placed last in the
list. Incumbent sectoral representatives in the House of Representatives who
are nominated in the party-list system shall not be considered resigned.
Section 9. Qualifications of Party-List Nominees. No person shall be
nominated as party-list representative unless he is a natural-born citizen of
the Philippines, a registered voter, a resident of the Philippines for a period of
not less than one (1)year immediately preceding the day of the election, able
to read and write, a bona fide member of the party or organization which he
seeks to represent for at least ninety (90) days preceding the day of the
election, and is at least twenty-five (25) years of age on the day of the
election.
In case of a nominee of the youth sector, he must at least be twenty-five (25)
but not more than thirty (30) years of age on the day of the election. Any
youth sectoral representative who attains the age of thirty (30) during his
term shall be allowed to continue in office until the expiration of his term.
Section 10. Manner of Voting. Every voter shall be entitled to two (2) votes:
the first is a vote for candidate for member of the House of Representatives
in his legislative district, and the second, a vote for the party, organizations,
or coalition he wants represented in the house of Representatives: Provided,
That a vote cast for a party, sectoral organization, or coalition not entitled to
be voted for shall not be counted: Provided, finally, That the first election
under the party-list system shall be held in May 1998.
The COMELEC shall undertake the necessary information campaign for
purposes of educating the electorate on the matter of the party-list system.
Section 11. Number of Party-List Representatives. The party-list
representatives shall constitute twenty per centum (20%) of the total number
of the members of the House of Representatives including those under the
party-list.
For purposes of the May 1998 elections, the first five (5) major political
parties on the basis of party representation in the House of Representatives
at the start of the Tenth Congress of the Philippines shall not be entitled to
participate in the party-list system.
In determining the allocation of seats for the second vote, the following
procedure shall be observed:
(a) The parties, organizations, and coalitions shall be ranked from
the highest to the lowest based on the number of votes they
garnered during the elections.
(b) The parties, organizations, and coalitions receiving at least two
percent (2%) of the total votes cast for the party-list system shall be
entitled to one seat each: Provided, That those garnering more than
two percent (2%) of the votes shall be entitled to additional seats in
proportion to their total number of votes : Provided, finally, That each
party, organization, or coalition shall be entitled to not more than
three (3) seats.
Section 12. Procedure in Allocating Seats for Party-List
Representatives. The COMELEC shall tally all the votes for the parties,
organizations, or coalitions on a nationwide basis, rank them according to the
number of votes received and allocate party-list representatives
proportionately according to the percentage of votes obtained by each party,
organization, or coalition as against the total nationwide votes cast for the
party-list system.
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Section 13. How Party-List Representatives are Chosen. Party-list
representatives shall be proclaimed by the COMELEC based on the list of
names submitted by the respective parties, organizations, or coalitions to the
COMELEC according to their ranking in said list.
Section 14. Term of Office. Party-list representatives shall be elected for a
term of three (3) years which shall begin, unless otherwise provided by law,
at noon on the thirtieth day of June next following their election. No party-list
representatives shall serve for more than three (3) consecutive terms.
Voluntary renunciation of the office for any length of time shall not be
considered as an interruption in the continuity his service for the full term for
which he was elected.
Section 20. Separability Clause. If any part of this Act is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the other parts or provisions thereof shall remain valid and
effective.
Section 21. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and
regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed.
Section 22. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved, March 3, 1995.

Section 15. Change of Affiliation; Effect. Any elected party-list representative

who changes his political party or sectoral affiliation during his term of office
shall forfeit his seat: Provided, That if he changes his political party or
sectoral affiliation within six (6) months before an election, he shall not be
eligible for nomination as party-list representative under his new party or
organization.

Section 16. Vacancy. In case of vacancy in the seats reserved for party-list
representatives, the vacancy shall be automatically filled by the next
representative from the list of nominees in the order submitted to the
COMELEC by the same party, organization, or coalition, who shall serve for
the unexpired term. If the list is exhausted, the party, organization coalition
concerned shall submit additional nominees.

Section 17. Rights of Party-List Representatives. Party-List Representatives

shall be entitled to the same salaries and emoluments as regular members of
the House of Representatives.

Section 18. Rules and Regulations. The COMELEC shall promulgate the
necessary rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this Act.

Section 19. Appropriations. The amount necessary for the implementation of

this Act shall be provided in the regular appropriations for the Commission on
Elections starting fiscal year 1996 under the General Appropriations Act.

Starting 1995, the COMELEC is hereby authorized to utilize savings and

other available funds for purposes of its information campaign on the party-
list system.

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IV. Candidates, Certificates of Candidacy
Deadline for Filing
Sec. 7 RA 7166
Section 7. Filing of Certificates of Candidacy. - The certificate of candidacy
of any person running for the office of President, Vice-President, Senator,
Member of the House of Representatives or any elective provincial, city or
municipal official shall be filed in five (5) legible copies with the offices of the
Commission specified hereunder not later than the day before the date
legally fixed for the beginning of his campaign period.
(a) The certificate of candidacy for President, Vice-President and
Senators shall be filed with the main office of the Commission in
Manila;
(b) The certificate of candidacy for the Members of the House of
Representatives shall be filed with the provincial election supervisor
of the province concerned. Those for legislative districts in the
National Capital Region shall be filed with the regional election
director of said region and those for legislative districts in cities
outside the National Capital Region which comprise one or more
legislative districts shall be filed with the city election registrar
concerned;
(c) The certificate of candidacy for provincial offices shall be filed with
the provincial supervisor concerned; and
(d) The certificate of candidacy for city or municipal offices shall be
filed with the city or municipal election registrar concerned.
Whenever practicable, the names of registered candidates for local positions
shall be printed in the election returns: Provided, That, if a candidate has
been disqualified or declared a nuisance candidate, it shall be the duty of the
Commission to instruct without delay the appropriate election officials to
delete the name of said candidate as printed in the election return.
The certificate of candidacy shall be filed by the candidate personally or by
his duly authorized representative. No certificate of candidacy shall be filed
or accepted by mail, telegram or facsimile.
Prohibition against Multiple Candidacies
Sec. 73 Omnibus Election Code
Sec. 73. Certificate of candidacy. - No person shall be eligible for any
elective public office unless he files a sworn certificate of candidacy within
the period fixed herein.
A person who has filed a certificate of candidacy may, prior to the election,
withdraw the same by submitting to the office concerned a written declaration
under oath.
No person shall be eligible for more than one office to be filled in the same
election, and if he files his certificate of candidacy for more than one office,
he shall not be eligible for any of them. However, before the expiration of the
period for the filing of certificates of candidacy, the person who was filed
more than one certificate of candidacy may declare under oath the office for
which he desires to be eligible and cancel the certificate of candidacy for the
other office or offices.
The filing or withdrawal of a certificate of candidacy shall not affect whatever
civil, criminal or administrative liabilities which a candidate may have
incurred.
Forms Sec. 74 Omnibus Election Code
Sec. 74. Contents of certificate of candidacy. - The certificate of candidacy
shall state that the person filing it is announcing his candidacy for the office
stated therein and that he is eligible for said office; if for Member of the
Batasang Pambansa, the province, including its component cities, highly
urbanized city or district or sector which he seeks to represent; the political
party to which he belongs; civil status; his date of birth; residence; his post
office address for all election purposes; his profession or occupation; that he
will support and defend the Constitution of the Philippines and will maintain
true faith and allegiance thereto; that he will obey the laws, legal orders, and
decrees promulgated by the duly constituted authorities; that he is not a
permanent resident or immigrant to a foreign country; that the obligation
imposed by his oath is assumed voluntarily, without mental reservation or
purpose of evasion; and that the facts stated in the certificate of candidacy
are true to the best of his knowledge.
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Unless a candidate has officially changed his name through a court approved
proceeding, a certificate shall use in a certificate of candidacy the name by
which he has been baptized, or if has not been baptized in any church or
religion, the name registered in the office of the local civil registrar or any
other name allowed under the provisions of existing law or, in the case of a
Muslim, his Hadji name after performing the prescribed religious pilgrimage:
Provided, That when there are two or more candidates for an office with the
same name and surname, each candidate, upon being made aware or such
fact, shall state his paternal and maternal surname, except the incumbent
who may continue to use the name and surname stated in his certificate of
candidacy when he was elected. He may also include one nickname or stage
name by which he is generally or popularly known in the locality.
The person filing a certificate of candidacy shall also affix his latest
photograph, passport size; a statement in duplicate containing his bio-data
and program of government not exceeding one hundred words, if he so
desires.
Effect of Filing, Sec. 66 O.E.C.
Sec. 66. Candidates holding appointive office or positions. - Any person
holding a public appointive office or position, including active members of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, and officers and employees in government-
owned or controlled corporations, shall be considered ipso facto resigned
from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy.
Sec. 77 BP 881
Section 77. Candidates in case of death, disqualification or withdrawal of
another. - If after the last day for the filing of certificates of candidacy, an
official candidate of a registered or accredited political party dies, withdraws
or is disqualified for any cause, only a person belonging to, and certified by,
the same political party may file a certificate of candidacy to replace the
candidate who died, withdrew or was disqualified. The substitute candidate
nominated by the political party concerned may file his certificate of
candidacy for the office affected in accordance with the preceding sections
not later than mid-day of the day of the election. If the death, withdrawal or
disqualification should occur between the day before the election and mid-
day of election day, said certificate may be filed with any board of election
inspectors in the political subdivision where he is a candidate, or, in the case
of candidates to be voted for by the entire electorate of the country, with the
Commission.
DISQUALIFICATIONS
Section 12 Disqualifications. - Any person who has been declared by
competent authority insane or incompetent, or has been sentenced by final
judgment for subversion, insurrection, rebellion or for any offense for which
he has been sentenced to a penalty of more than eighteen months or for a
crime involving moral turpitude, shall be disqualified to be a candidate and to
hold any office, unless he has been given plenary pardon or granted
amnesty.
This disqualifications to be a candidate herein provided shall be deemed
removed upon the declaration by competent authority that said insanity or
incompetence had been removed or after the expiration of a period of five
years from his service of sentence, unless within the same period he again
becomes disqualified. (OEC)
Section 68. Disqualifications. - Any candidate who, in an action or protest in
which he is a party is declared by final decision of a competent court guilty of,
or found by the Commission of having (a) given money or other material
consideration to influence, induce or corrupt the voters or public officials
performing electoral functions; (b) committed acts of terrorism to enhance his
candidacy; (c) spent in his election campaign an amount in excess of that
allowed by this Code; (d) solicited, received or made any contribution
prohibited under Sections 89, 95, 96, 97 and 104; or (e) violated any of
Sections 80, 83, 85, 86 and 261, paragraphs d, e, k, v, and cc, subparagraph
6, shall be disqualified from continuing as a candidate, or if he has been
elected, from holding the office. Any person who is a permanent resident of
or an immigrant to a foreign country shall not be qualified to run for any
elective office under this Code, unless said person has waived his status as
permanent resident or immigrant of a foreign country in accordance with the
residence requirement provided for in the election laws. (OEC)
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Section 40. Disqualifications. - The following persons are disqualified from

running for any elective local position:

(a) Those sentenced by final judgment for an offense involving moral

turpitude or for an offense punishable by one (1) year or more of
imprisonment, within two (2) years after serving sentence;

(b) Those removed from office as a result of an administrative case;

(c) Those convicted by final judgment for violating the oath of

allegiance to the Republic;

(d) Those with dual citizenship;

(e) Fugitives from justice in criminal or non-political cases here or

abroad;

(f) Permanent residents in a foreign country or those who have

acquired the right to reside abroad and continue to avail of the same
right after the effectivity of this Code; and

(g) The insane or feeble-minded.

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