COMELEC Pertinent Laws

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Laws Related to Barangay and SK Elections

CODE TITLE APPROVAL DATE
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9340 An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9164, Resetting the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, and for Other Purposes 09.22.2005

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