COMELEC Pertinent Laws

REPUBLIC ACT No. 8189

PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS,
ADOPTING A SYSTEM OF CONTINUING REGISTRATION,
PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURES THEREOF AND
AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

Promulgated: 11 June 1996


Table of Contents
SECTIONS TITLE
1 - 4 Title , Declaration of Policy, Definition of Terms, Permanent List of Voters
5 - 8 Precincts and their Establishment, Arrangement of Precincts, General Registration of Voters, System of Continuing Registration of Voters
9 - 12 Who may Register, Registration of Voters, Disqualification, Change of Residence to Another City or Municipality
13 - 16 Change of Address in the Same City or Municipality, Illiterate or Disabled Applicants, Election Registration Board, Compensation of the Members of the Board
17 - 20 Notice and Hearing of Applications, Challenges to Right to Register, Power to Administer Oath and Issue Summons, Approval and Disapproval of Application
21 - 24 Publication of Action on Application for Registration, Preservation of Voter's Registration Records, Provincial File, National Central File
25 - 28 Voter's Identification Card, Voter's Identification Number (VIN), Deactivation of Registration, Reactivation of Registration
29 - 32 Cancellation of Registration, Preparation and Posting of the Certified List of Voters, Sealing of Precinct Book of Voters, Common Rules Governing Judicial Proceedings in the Matter of Inclusion, Exclusion, and Correction of Names of Voters
33 - 36 Jurisdiction in Inclusion and Exclusion Case, Petition for Inclusion of Voters in the List, Petition for Exclusion of Voters from the List, Verification of Registered Voters
37 - 40 Voter Excluded Through Inadvertence or Registered with an Erroneous or Misspelled Name, Voters Excluded Through Inadvertence or Registered with an Erroneous or Mispelled Name., Annulment at Book of Voters, Reconstitution of Lost or Destroyed Registration Records
41 - 44 Examination of Registration Records, Right to Information, Computerization of Permanent List of Voters, Reassignment of Election Officers
45 - 48 Election Offenses, Penalties, Funding, Multi-partisan Monitoring and Evaluation Committee
49 - 52 Rules and Regulations, Separability Clause, Repealing Clause, Effectivity

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