Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SEVENTY-ONE OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Date filed
July 24, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1318, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SEVENTY-ONE OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES |
| ABSTRACT : An elective official is prohibited from changing his party affiliation within the first two and a half years of his running as official candidate of a party. Changing of political affiliation for such candidates is only allowed six months before anelection. > Any electice official who violates the preceeding section shall be penalized by disqualificatio n from election in any public office and forfeiture of the position or office to which the offender was elected. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PEREZ, FRANK S. |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-24 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 6418, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2001-07-30 |
Abstract
An elective official is prohibited from changing his party affiliation within the first two and a half years of his running as official candidate of a party. Changing of political affiliation for such candidates is only allowed six months before anelection. > Any electice official who violates the preceeding section shall be penalized by disqualificatio n from election in any public office and forfeiture of the position or office to which the offender was elected.
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