Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)
Act No. 3699, approved on November 20, 1930, amends Section 479 of the Administrative Code regarding contested elections. It establishes that electoral contests must be filed with the Court of First Instance within two weeks of the election proclamation by any candidate who filed a certificate of candidacy. The court has exclusive jurisdiction to examine election materials and must resolve the contest within one year, declaring the elected candidate or stating if no candidate was legally elected. The elected candidate can assume office immediately upon notification from the court, unless an appeal is filed.
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- What is Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) about?
- Act No. 3699, approved on November 20, 1930, amends Section 479 of the Administrative Code regarding contested elections. It establishes that electoral contests must be filed with the Court of First Instance within two weeks of the election proclamation by any candidate who filed a certificate of candidacy. The court has exclusive jurisdiction to examine election materials and must resolve the contest within one year, declaring the elected candidate or stating if no candidate was legally elected. The elected candidate can assume office immediately upon notification from the court, unless an appeal is filed.
- What type of law is Act No. 3699?
- Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) (Act No. 3699) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) enacted?
- Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) (Act No. 3699) was enacted on Nov 20, 1930.
- What is the citation for Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)?
- Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3699, Nov 20, 1930 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3699
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 20, 1930
ACT NO. 3699
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN
SECTION 1. Section four hundred and seventy-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-three hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 479. Contested election to office in general. — Contests in all elections for the determination of which provision has not been made otherwise shall be heard by the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction in the judicial district in which the election was held, upon motion by any candidate voted for at such election and who has duly filed his certificate of candidacy. The contest shall be filed with the court within two weeks after the proclamation.
"Such court shall have exclusive and final jurisdiction, except as hereinafter provided. Upon petition of an interested party, or of its own accord if the interests of justice require it, said court shall forthwith cause the registration lists, ballot boxes, ballots, and other documents used at such election to be brought before it and examined, and to appoint the necessary officers therefor and to fix their compensation, which shall not exceed five pesos per diem each. All proceedings in an electoral contest shall be terminated within one year.
"The court shall declare who has been elected or that no candidate has been legally elected, as the case may be, and the candidate who has been declared elected shall be entitled to assume office without any other canvass by the Board of Canvassers as soon as the clerk of the court has notified the Board of Canvassers of the decision of the court and the person concerned has received a copy thereof, unless by virtue of the section next following an appeal shall lie and shall have been filed in accordance with the provisions of said section. The clerk of court shall immediately send certified copies of the decision to the Board of Canvassers and the candidates affected by the same."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, November 20, 1930.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3699, Nov 20, 1930 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 479 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3699 (Phil. 1930)
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