Amending P.D. No. 1896 Re: General Registration of Voters

March 5, 1984

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1907

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1896 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A GENERAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES"

WHEREAS, the information on the general registration of voters is being disseminated throughout the country by the Commission on Elections and various organizations;

WHEREAS, a substantial number of citizens especially in the countryside has not been fully apprised of the ramification of Presidential Decree No. 1896, such that it is necessary to reset the scheduled meetings of the citizens' election committee;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree:

 The second paragraph of Section 8 of Presidential Decree No. 1896, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"For the May 14, 1984 elections, said meetings shall be held on March 24, 25 and 31, and April 1, 1984: Provided, That if, after the last day of registration, the Commission on Elections should decide that a substantial number of qualified voters have not registered, it may authorize additional registration days in order that said voters shall not be deprived of their right of suffrage." cd i

 The first paragraph of Section 13 of Presidential Decree No. 1896, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 13. Appointment of the Members of the Committee. — The members of the citizens election committee representing the ruling party and the dominant opposition party and their substitutes shall be appointed by the Commission on Elections not later than March 14, 1984 upon nomination by the respective political parties. For the purpose, the directorates of political parties shall submit in writing to the Commission the names of their representatives in each province and its component city or cities; highly urbanized city; and district of Metropolitan Manila, who shall in turn submit likewise in writing not later than March 7, 1984 the names and addresses of the persons whom they propose to be appointed as representatives to the citizens election committee for each voting center in the province."

SECTION 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately. cd i

DONE in the City of Manila, this 5th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four.

            Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 80 No. 19 Page 2760 on May 7, 1984.