An Act so Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the Municipal Code, as to Authorize Provincial Boards to Order Special Municipal Elections When for Any Reason Elections are Not Held as by Said Act Provided
Act No. 1286, enacted on January 23, 1905, amends the Municipal Code to empower provincial boards to call for special municipal elections if regular elections are not conducted as stipulated. This amendment allows for a special election to be ordered in municipalities where elections were missed due to errors in December 1904. The Act emphasizes the need for prompt action for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage, ensuring retroactive applicability to rectify previous election oversights.
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- Act No. 1286
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 23, 1905
ACT NO. 1286
AN ACT SO AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AS TO AUTHORIZE PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO ORDER SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WHEN FOR ANY REASON ELECTIONS ARE NOT HELD AS BY SAID ACT PROVIDED
SECTION 1. Paragraph (b) of section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-two, known as the Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "If, for any reason, an election is not held as by this Act provided, the provincial board may order a special election in such municipality."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage, but shall be retroactive so far as necessary to authorize the provincial board of any province to order a special election in any municipality in which, through error, no election was held in December, nineteen hundred and four, as provided by the Municipal Code.
ENACTED, January 23, 1905.
Cite This Law
An Act so Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the Municipal Code, as to Authorize Provincial Boards to Order Special Municipal Elections When for Any Reason Elections are Not Held as by Said Act Provided, Act No. 1286, Jan 23, 1905 (Philippines)
An Act so Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the Municipal Code, as to Authorize Provincial Boards to Order Special Municipal Elections When for Any Reason Elections are Not Held as by Said Act Provided, Act No. 1286 (Phil. 1905)
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