Amending Section One of Presidential Decree Numbered Sixteen Hundred Fifty-Nine
Presidential Decree No. 1659-A, issued on December 29, 1979, amends the existing law regarding candidates holding elective office in the Philippines. It states that any elected official who files a certificate of candidacy for a different position will be considered automatically resigned from their current office. However, the President has the authority to appoint the candidate in an acting capacity for the vacated office during the election period. This decree takes immediate effect upon publication.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Presidential Decree No. 1659-A
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Presidential Decrees
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 29, 1979
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1659-A
AMENDING SECTION ONE OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE
I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, in order to effect minor amendments to existing law, do hereby order and decree the following:
SECTION 1. Section one of Presidential Decree No. 1659 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 1. Candidate holding elective office. — Any person occupying an elective provincial, city, municipal, or municipal district position who runs for an office other than the one which he is holding shall be considered ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy: Provided,however, That during the pendency of the election, the President of the Philippines may appoint in an acting capacity said candidate to the office for which he filed a certificate of candidacy and which has been rendered vacant by virtue of the operation of the preceding provision of this section."
SECTION 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 75 No. 53, 1057-25 Supp., on December 31, 1979.
Cite This Law
Amending Section One of Presidential Decree Numbered Sixteen Hundred Fifty-Nine, Presidential Decree No. 1659-A, Dec 29, 1979 (Philippines)
Amending Section One of Presidential Decree Numbered Sixteen Hundred Fifty-Nine, Presidential Decree No. 1659-A (Phil. 1979)
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