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RESOLUTION No. 6117

RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC ACT No. 9189,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE OVERSEAS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT OF 2003"

Promulgated: 14 May 2003

RULE 11

CONCLUDING PROVISIONS


      Art. 106. Access to official records and documents. - Subject to the pertinent provisions of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 and these Rules, any person shall have the right to access and/or copy at his/her expense all registration records, voters lists and other official records and documents, subject to payment of prescribed charges.

      Art. 107. Applicability of other election laws. - The pertinent provisions of the Omnibus Election Code, as amended, and other election laws, which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 and these Rules shall remain in full force, and shall have suppletory application of these Rules.

      Art. 108. Enforcement and administration by the Commission. - The Commission shall, for the purpose of ensuring honest, orderly, peaceful and free elections abroad, have exclusive charge of the enforcement, administration and implementation of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003.

      Art. 109. Effectivity. - These Rules shall take effect immediately after publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.

      Art. 110. Dissemination. - The Education and Information Department of the Commission shall cause the publication and widest dissemination of these Rules and furnish copies hereof to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Transportation and Communication, Philippine Postal Corporation, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Commission on Filipinos Overseas, and Maritime Industry Authority.

      APPROVED this 13th day of May, 2003.

      SO ORDERED.

 
(Sgd.) BENJAMIN S. ABALOS
Chairman
(Sgd.) LUZVIMINDA G. TANCANGCO
Commissioner
(Sgd.) RUFINO S.B. JAVIER
Commissioner
(Sgd.) RALPH C. LANTION
Commissioner
(Sgd.) MEHOL K. SADAIN
Commissioner
(Sgd.) RESURRECCION Z. BORRA
Commissioner
(Sgd.) FLORENTINO A. TUASON, JR.
Commissioner