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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

annotate and sign a certification to that effect on the

bottom front of the printed copy.

Each certified printed copy shall be placed in an

envelope and distributed as herein provided. Designated

recipient of the certified printed copies may receive their

copies at the canvassing center.

The Chairman of the board shall transmit the digital

files of the certificate of canvass and its supporting

statement of votes using a secured transmission device

with authentication features to the secured tabulation

system of the Commission and to the systems of the

other designated recipients as herein provided.

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,

any of the recipients of the print or digital copies of the

certificate of canvass and the supporting statements of

votes may conduct an unofficial consolidation of votes

and may announce the result thereof to the public.

Any violation of this section, or its pertinent portion,

shall constitute an election offence and shall be penalized

in accordance with Batas Pambansa Blg. 881.

In addition, the following shall likewise be guilty of an

election offence:

(a) Any person who remove the certificate of canvass

posted on the wall, whether within or after the prescribed

forty-eight (48) hours of posting, or defaces the same in

any manner;

(b) Any person who simulates an actual certificates of

canvass or statement of votes, or a print or digital copy

thereof;

(c) Any person who simulates the certification of a

certificate of canvass or statement of votes;

(d) The chairman or any member of the board of

canvassers who, during the prescribed period of posting,

remove

the

certificate

of

canvass

or its supporting

statement of votes from the wall on which they have

been posted other than for the purpose of immediately

transferring them to a more suitable place;

(e) The chairman of any member of the board of

canvassers who sign or authenticates a print of the

certificate of canvass or its supporting statement of votes

outside of the polling place: and

(f) The chairman or any member of the board of

canvassers who sign or authenticates a print which bears

an image different from the certificate of canvass or

statement of votes produced after counting and posted

on the wall.

(as amended by RA No 9369)

Section 29. Number of Copies of Certificates of

Canvass and their Distribution. -

a)

the

certificate

of

canvass

for

president,

vice-president, senator and member of the house of

Representatives and elective provincial official shall be

prepared in seven copies by the city or municipal board of

canvassers and distributed as follows:

(1) The first copy shall be delivered to the provincial

board of canvassers for use in the canvass election results

for president, vice- president, senator and member of the

House of representatives and elective provincial officials:

(2) The second copy shall be sent to the Commission;

(3) The third copy shall be posted on a wall within the

premises of the canvassing center

(4) The fourth copy shall be kept by the chairman of

the Board: and

(5) the fifth copy shall be given the citizens' arm

designated

by

the

Commission

to

conduct

a

media-based unofficial count, and the sixth and seventh

copies shall be given to the citizen's arm designated by

the Commission to conduct a media — based unofficial

count , and the sixth and seventh copies shall be given to

the representatives of two of the six major political parties

in accordance with the voluntary agreement of the

parties. If no such agreement is reached, the commission

shall decide which parties shall receive the copies of the

certificate of the canvass on the basis of the criteria

provided in Section 26 hereof. The parties receiving the

certificate shall have obligation to furnish the other

parties with authentic copies thereof with the at least

possible delay.

b) The certificates of canvass for president, vice

president, senators shall be prepared in seven (7) copies

by the city boards of canvassers of cities comprising one

or

more

legislative

districts, by provincial boards of

canvassers in the Metro Manila Area, and distributed as

follows:

(1) The first copy shall be sent to the Congress

directed to the President of the Senate for use in the

canvass

of

election

results

for

president

and

vice-president;

(2) The second copy shall be sent to the Commission

for use in the canvass of the election results for Senators;

(3) The third copy shall be posted on a wall within the

premises of the canvassing center;

(4) The fourth copy shall be kept by the Chairman of

the Board; and

(5) The fifth copy shall be given to the citizens' s arm

designated by the Commission to conduct a media

-based unofficial count, and the sixth and seventh copies

shall be given to the representatives of two of the six

major political parties. If no such agreement is reached,

the commission shall decide which parties shall receive

the copies of the certificate of canvass on the basis of the

criteria

provided

in

Section

26

hereof.

The

parties

receiving the certificates shall have the obligation to

furnish the other parties with authentic copies thereof

with the least possible delay.

The of the certificate of canvass posted on the wall

shall be open for public viewing at any time of the day for

forty -eight (48) hours following its posting. Any person

may view or capture an image of the certificate of

canvass .After the prescribed period for posting, the

chairman of the board of canvassers shall collect the

posted certificate of canvass and keep the same in his

custody to be produced for image or data capturing as

may be requested by any voter or for any lawful purpose

as may be ordered competent authority.

Except for those copies that are required to be

delivered,

copies

of

certificates

of

canvass

may

be

claimed at the canvassing center. Any unclaimed copy

shall be deemed placed in the custody of the chairman of

the

board

of

canvassers,

who

shall

produce

them

requested

by

the

recipient

or

when

ordered

by

a

competent authority.

The thirty (30) certified print copies of the certificate

canvass for national positions shall be distributed as

follows:

(a) The first fourteen (14) copies shall be given to the

fourteen

(14)

accredited

major

national

parties

in

accordance with a voluntary agreement among them. If

no such agreement is reached, the commission shall

decide which parties shall receive the copies on the basis

of the criteria provided in Section 26 hereof;

(b) The next three copies shall be given to the three

accredited major local parties in accordance with a

voluntary agreement among them. If no such agreement

is reached, the Commission shall decide which parties

shall receive the copies in the basis of criteria analogous

to the provided in Section 26 hereof;

(c) The next five copies shall be given to national

broadcast or print media entities as may be equitably

determined by the commission in view of propagating

the copies to the widest extent possible;

(d) The next two copies shall be given to local

broadcast or print media entitles as may be equitably

determined by the Commission in view propagating the

copies to the widest extent possible;

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