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Pertinent Laws Relative to Elections

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Complete List of Available Laws

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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