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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

36.3. For any person to steal, conceal, alter, destroy,

mutilate, manipulate, or in any way tamper with the mail

containing the ballots for overseas voters, the ballot, the

election

returns,

or

any record, document or paper

required for purposes of this Act;

36.4. For any deputized agent to refuse without

justifiable ground, to serve or continue serving, or to

comply with one's sworn duties after acceptance of the

deputization;

36.5. For any public officer or employee or accredited

or deputized organization or association to cause the

preparation,

printing,

distribution

or

posting

of

information or material, without the prior approval of the

Commission;

36.6. For any public officer or employee to cause the

transfer, promotion, extension, recall of any member of

the foreign service corps, including members of the

attached agencies, or otherwise cause the movement of

any such member from the current post or position one

(1) year before and three (3) months after the day of

elections, without securing the prior approval of the

Commission;

36.7. For any person who, after being deputized by the

Commission to undertake activities in connection with

the implementation of this Act, shall campaign for or

assist, in whatever manner, candidates in the elections;

36.8. For any person to engage in partisan political

activity abroad during the thirty (30)-day overseas voting

period;

36.9. For any person who is not a citizen of the

Philippines to participate, by word or deed, directly or

indirectly through qualified organizations/associations, in

any manner and at any stage of the Philippine political

process abroad, including participation in the campaign

and elections.

The

provision

of

existing

laws

to

the

contrary

notwithstanding, and with due regard to the Principle of

Double Criminality, the prohibited acts described in this

section are electoral offenses and shall be punishable in

the Philippines.

The penalties imposed under Section 264 of the

Omnibus Election Code, as amended, shall be imposed

on any person found guilty of committing any of the

prohibited acts as defined in this section: Provided, That

the penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period shall

be imposed upon any person found guilty under Section

36.3 hereof without the benefit of the operation of the

Indeterminate Sentence Law. If the offender is a public

officer or a candidate, the penalty shall be prision mayor

in its maximum period. In addition, the offender shall be

sentenced to suffer perpetual disqualification to hold

public office and deprivation of the right to vote.

(24a) (as amended by RA No 10590)

Section

37.

Joint

Congressional

Oversight

Committee.

—

A

Joint

Congressional

Oversight

Committee

is

hereby

created,

composed

of

the

Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Constitutional

Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws, and seven (7)

other Senators designated by the Senate President, and

the Chairperson of the House Committee on Suffrage

and Electoral Reforms, and seven (7) other Members of

the House of Representatives designated by the Speaker

of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, of the

seven (7) members to be designated by each House of

Congress, four (4) should come from the majority to

include the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and

the remaining three (3) from the minority.

The Joint Congressional Oversight Committee shall

have

the

power

to

monitor

and

evaluate

the

implementation of this Act. (25a) (as amended by RA No

10590)

Section 38. Applicability of Other Election Laws. —

The pertinent provisions of the Omnibus Election Code,

as amended, and other election laws, which are not in

conflict with the provisions of this Act shall remain in full

force and shall have suppletory application to this Act.

(26a)

Section 39. Enforcement and Administration by the

Commission. — The Commission shall, for the purpose of

ensuring honest, orderly, peaceful and free elections

abroad,

have

exclusive

charge

of

the

enforcement,

administration and implementation of this Act. (27a)

Section 40. Mandatory Review. — Congress shall

complete a mandatory review of this Act within two (2)

years following the May, 2004 elections for the purpose of

amending it to expand or restrict its coverage, scope and

application,

as

well

as

improve

its

procedures

and

institute measures and safeguards, taking into account

the experience of the previous election, technological

advances and structural political changes. (28a)

Section 41. Appropriations. — The amount necessary

to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in

the budgets of the Commission on Elections and the DFA

in

the

annual General Appropriations Act. (29a) (as

amended by RA No 10590)

Section 42. Separability Clause. — If any part or

provision of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional or

invalid, other provisions hereof which are not affected

thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. (30a)

Section 43. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential

decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, other

issuances, and parts thereof, which are inconsistent with

the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed or modified

accordingly. (31a)

Section 44. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect

fifteen (15) days following its publication in three (3)

newspapers of general circulation. (32a)

RA No 9225 | Citizenship Retention and

Re-acquisition Act of 2003

[IRR] RA 9225 2008 Revised Rules Governing Philippine

Citizenship

August 29, 2003

AN ACT MAKING THE CITIZENSHIP OF PHILIPPINE

CITIZENS

WHO

ACQUIRE

FOREIGN

CITIZENSHIP

PERMANENT.

AMENDING

FOR

THE

PURPOSE

COMMONWEALTH ACT. NO. 63, AS AMENDED AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

Be

it

enacted

by

the

Senate

and

House

of

Representatives

of

the

Philippines

in

Congress

assembled :

Section 1. Short Title — this act shall be known as the

"Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act of 2003."

Section 2. Declaration of Policy — It is hereby

declared the policy of the State that all Philippine citizens

of another country shall be deemed not to have lost their

Philippine citizenship under the conditions of this Act.

Section 3. Retention of Philippine Citizenship — Any

provision

of

law

to

the

contrary

notwithstanding,

natural-born citizenship by reason of their naturalization

as citizens of a foreign country are hereby deemed to

have reacquired Philippine citizenship upon taking the

following oath of allegiance to the Republic:

"I _____________________, solemnly swear (or affirm)

that I will support and defend the Constitution of the

Republic of the Philippines and obey the laws and legal

orders promulgated by the duly constituted authorities of

the Philippines; and I hereby declare that I recognize and

accept the supreme authority of the Philippines and will

maintain true faith and allegiance thereto; and that I

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