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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1223
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1223 -
AMENDING Section 6 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1187 ENTITLED, "PROVIDING
FOR A GENERAL REGISTRATION OF ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS THROUGHOUT THE
PHILIPPINES"
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WHEREAS, as
provided under Presidential Decree No. 1187, the only government
officials or employees who may qualify for appointment as chairman and
members of the Citizens' Registration Committee are public school
teachers and members of the barangay council recommended by the
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WHEREAS, there is justification to broaden the field of choice from
which to appoint the chairmen and members of the Citizen's Registration
Committees so as to qualify therefor all other government officials and
employees covered by Letter of Instructions No. 559 including members
of the barangay council, the Buklod ng mga Kabataang Kawani of the
Commission on Civil Service and the officials of the Kabataang
Barangays.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested in the Constitution, hereby decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Amending Sec. 6 of Presidential Decree No.
1187.-Sec. 6 of Presidential Decree No. 1187 is hereby amended to read
as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 6. Appointment of registration committee. — The
Commission shall directly or through its duly authorized
representatives, appoint at least ten days before the registration day
a citizens' registration committee for each voting center to be
composed of a chairman, a poll clerk, and a third member. The Chairman
and the poll clerk shall be public school teachers. The third member
shall be a member of the barangay council, the Buklod ng mga Kabataang
Kawani, the official of the Kabataang Barangay or a government official
or employee covered by the Letter of Instructions No. 559, dated June
23, 1977. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"The Commission on Elections shall, after due consultation with the
Department, agency, or organization concerned, prescribe the procedure
to facilitate the appointment of any member of the Barangay Council or
the Buklod ng mga Kabataang Kawani, or officials of the Kabataang
Barangay, or of any government official or employee, as member of any
citizens' registration committee." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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