| CODE | TITLE | APPROVAL DATE |
|---|---|---|
| The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines | ||
| Batas Pambansa Blg. 881 | Omnibus Election Code | 12.03.1985 |
| Republic Act No. 3019 | Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act | 08.17.1960 |
| Republic Act No. 6636 | An Act Resetting the Local Elections from November 9, 1987 to January 18, 1988, Amending for This Purpose Executive Order Numbered Two Hundred and Seventy | 11.06.1987 |
| Republic Act No. 6641 | AN ACT ALLOWING QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF MANDAUE TO VOTE IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN | 12.23.1987 |
| Republic Act No. 6646 | An Act Introducing Additional Reforms in the Electoral System and for Other Purposes | 01.05.1988 |
| Republic Act No. 6653 | An Act to Postpone the May 9, 1988 Barangay Elections to the Second Monday of November This Year and for Other Purposes | 05.06.1988 |
| Republic Act No. 6659 | AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CULION LEPER COLONY TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR THE ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS OF THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN | 06.22.1988 |
| Republic Act No. 6679 | An Act to Amend Republic Act No. 6653 to Postpone the Barangay Elections to March 28, 1989, Prescribing Additional Rules Governing the Conduct of Barangay Elections and For Other Purposes | 11.04.1988 |
| Republic Act No. 6713 | An Act Establishing a Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, to Uphold the Time-Honored Principle of Public Office Being a Public Trust, Granting Incentives and Rewards for Exemplary Service, Enumerating Prohibited Acts and Transactions and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof and for Other Purposes | 02.20.1989 |
| Republic Act No. 6726 | AN ACT ALLOWING QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF OROQUIETA TO VOTE IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS OF THE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN | 05.15.1989 |
| Republic Act No. 6734 | An Act Providing for an Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao | 08.01.1989 |
| Republic Act No. 6735 | An Act Providing for a System of Initiative and Referendum and Appropriating Funds Therefor | 08.04.1989 |
| Republic Act No. 6827 | AN ACT POSTPONING THE HOLDING OF THE FIRST REGULAR ELECTION FOR THE GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE CORDILLERAS BY AMENDING SECTION ONE OF THE TRANSITORY PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | 12.26.1989 |
| Republic Act No. 6843 | AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETY-SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF SAN CARLOS IN PANGASINAN" BY ALLOWING QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF SAN CARLOS TO VOTE IN THE PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS OF THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN | 01.05.1990 |
| Republic Act No. 6861 | AN ACT POSTPONING THE HOLDING OF THE FIRST REGULAR ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE CORDILLERAS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 1, ARTICLE XXI OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTYSIX, AS AMENDED | 03.08.1990 |
| Republic Act No. 7056 | An Act Providing for the National and Local Elections in 1992, Paving the Way for Synchronized Elections and Simultaneous Elections Beginning 1995, and Authorizing Appropriations Therefor | 06.20.1991 |
| Republic Act No. 7160 | Local Government Code | 10.10.1991 |
| Republic Act No. 7166 | An Act Providing For Synchronized National and Local Elections and For Electoral Reforms, Authorizing Appropriations Therefor, and For Other Purposes | 11.26.1991 |
| Republic Act No. 7325 | AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LOCAL ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OFFICIALS OF TRECE MARTIRES CITY, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | 03.31.1992 |
| Republic Act No. 7647 | An Act Providing for the Date of Regular Elections for Regional Governor, Regional Vice-Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and for Other Purposes | 03.05.1993 |
| Republic Act No. 7808 | An Act Resetting the Elections of Sangguniang Kabataan Officials to the First Monday of May 1996, and Every Three (3) Years Thereafter, amending for the Purpose Section 532 (a) of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as the "Local Government Code of 1991" | 09.02.1994 |
| Republic Act No. 7904 | AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 185 OF THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE, AS AMENDED, BY REQUIRING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO FURNISH EVERY REGISTERED VOTER AT LEAST THIRTY (30) DAYS BEFORE AND ELECTION WITH AN OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT, VOTERS INFORMATION SHEET AND LIST OF CANDIDATES | 02.23.1995 |
| Republic Act No. 7941 | An Act Providing for the Election of Party-List Representatives Through the Party-List System, and Appropriating Funds Therefor | 03.03.1995 |
| Republic Act No. 8045 | An Act Amending Sec. 27 of Republic Act No. 7166, Entitled "An Act Providing for Synchronized NAitonal and Local Elections and for Electoral Reforms, Authorizing Appropriations Therefor, and for Other Purposes" | 06.07.1995 |
| Republic Act No. 8046 | An Act Authorizing the Commission on Elections to Conduct a Nationwide Demonstration of a Computerized Election System and Pilot-Test It in the March 1996 Elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and for Other Purposes | 06.07.1995 |
| Republic Act No. 8173 | An Act Granting All Citizens' Arms Equal Opportunity to be Accredited by the Commission on Elections, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Seventy-One Hundred and Sixty-Six, As Amended | 12.20.1995 |
| Republic Act No. 8176 | An Act Changing the Date of Elections for the Elective Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Amending for the Purpose Sec. One of Republic Act Numbered Seventy-Six Hundred and Forty-Seven Entiled "An Act Providing for the Date of Regular Elections for Regional Governor, Regional Vice-Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and for Other Purposes" | 12.29.1995 |
| Republic Act No. 8189 | An Act Providing for a General Registration of Voters, Adopting a System of Continuing Registration, Prescribing the Procedures Thereof and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor | 06.11.1996 |
| Republic Act No. 8295 | An Act Providing for the Proclamation of a Lone Candidate for Any Elective Office in a Special Election, and for Other Purposes | 06.06.1997 |
| Republic Act No. 8436 | An Act Authorizing The Commission on Elections to Use an Automated Election System in the May 11, 1998 National or Local Elections and in Subsequent National and Local Electoral Exercises, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes | 11.22.1997 |
| Republic Act No. 8524 | An Act Changing the Term of Office of Barangay Officials and Members of the Sangguniang Kabataan From Three (3) Years to Five (5) Years, Amending For The Purpose Section 43 of Republic Act Numbered Seven Thousand One Hundred Sixty, Otherwise Known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and for Other Purposes | 02.14.1998 |
| Republic Act No. 8746 | An Act Providing for the Date of the Regular Elections of Regional Governor, Regional Vice-Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Further Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7647 Entitled "An Act Providing for the Date of Regular Elections for Regional Governor, Regional Vice-Governor and Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao", as Amended, and for Other Purposes | 03.04.1999 |
| Republic Act No. 8753 | An Act Resetting the Regular Elections for the Elective Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Provided for Under Republic Act No. 8746 and for Other Purposes | 09.08.1999 |
| Republic Act No. 8792 | An Act Providing for the Recognition and Use of Electronic Commercial and Non-Commercial Transactions and Documents, Penalties for Unlawful Use Thereof and for Other Purposes | 09.22.2000 |
| Republic Act No. 8953 | An Act Resetting the Regular Elections for Elective Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Coincide with the General Elections to be Held on the Second Monday of May 2001 | 09.01.2000 |
| Republic Act No. 9006 | An Act to Enhance the Holding of Free, Orderly, Honest, Peaceful and Credible Elections Through Fair Election Practices | 02.12.2001 |
| Republic Act No. 9007 | AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO BILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION TWO HUNDRED SIXTYEIGHT THOUSAND PESOS (P2,450,268,000) TO FUND THE HOLDING OF THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN 2001 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | 02.21.2001 |
| Republic Act No. 9012 | An Act Resetting the Regular Elections for Elective Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to the Second Monday of September 2001, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 8953. | 02.28.2001 |
| Republic Act No. 9054 | An Act to Strengthen and Expand the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 6734, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao" as Amended | 03.31.2001 |
| Republic Act No. 9140 | AN ACT FIXING THE DATE OF THE PLEBISCITE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734 AND SETTING THE DATE OF THE REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO ON THE LAST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER 2001, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9054, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,' AS AMENDED," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | 06.22.2001 |
| Republic Act No. 9164 | An Act Providing for Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Amending Republic Act No. 7160, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Local Government Code of 1991", and for Other Purposes | 03.19.2002 |
| Republic Act No. 9184 | An Act Providing for the Modernization, Standardization and Regulation of the Procurement Activities of the Government and for Other Purposes | 01.10.2003 |
| Republic Act No. 9189 | An Act Providing for a System of Overseas Absentee Voting by Qualified Citizens of the Philippines Abroad, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes | 02.13.2003 |
| Republic Act No. 9225 | An Act Making the Citizenship of Philippine Citizens who Acquire Foreign Citizenship Permanent, Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act. No. 63, as Amended and for Other Purposes | 08.29.2003 |
| Republic Act No. 9333 | An Act Amending Fixing the Date or Regular Elections for Elective Officials of the Autonomous Region in Mslim Mindanao Pursuant to Republic Act No. 9054, Entitled "An Act to Strengthen and Expand the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 6734, Entitled 'An Act Providing for an Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao', as Amended" | 09.21.2004 |
| Republic Act No. 9340 | An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9164, Resetting the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, and for Other Purposes | 09.22.2005 |
| Republic Act No. 9369 | An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8436, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Commission on Elections to Use an Automated Eleciton System in the May 11, 1998 National or Local Elections and in Subsequent National and Local Electoral Exercises, to Encourage Transparency, Credibility, Fairness and Accuracy of Elections, Amending for the Purpose Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, as Amended, Republic Act No. 7166 and Other Related Election Laws, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes" | 01.23.2007 |
| COMELEC Rules of Procedure | 02.15.1993 | |
| Supreme Court Rules of Procedure in Election Contests Before the Courts Involving Elective Municipal and Barangay Officials | 05.15.2007 | |
| Republic Act No. 9485 | An Act to Improve Efficiency in the Delivery of Government Service to the Public by Reducing Bureaucratic Red Tape, Preventing Graft and Corruption, and Providing Penalties Therefor | 06.02.2007 |
| Republic Act No. 9525 | An Act Appropriating the sum of Eleven Billion Three Hundred One Million Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Pesos (P11,301,790,000.00) As Supplemental Appropriations for an Automated Election System and for other purposes | 03.23.2009 |
| Republic Act No. 10153 | An Act to Providing for the Synchronization of the Elections in the Autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with the National and Local Elections and for other purposes. |
06.30.2011 |
Updated: 07.13.11 SMBR