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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

RA No 10367 | Mandatory Biometrics

Voter Registration Act

[IRR] RA 10367 An Act Providing for Mandatory

Biometrics Voter Registration

February 15, 2013

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY BIOMETRICS

VOTER REGISTRATION

Be

it

enacted

by

the

Senate

and

House

of

Representatives

of

the

Philippines

in

Congress

assembled:

Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of

the State to establish a clean, complete, permanent and

updated list of voters through the adoption of biometric

technology.

Section 2. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act:

(a)

Commission

refers

to

the

Commission

on

Elections (COMELEC).

(b) Biometrics refers to the quantitative analysis that

provides a positive identification of an individual such as

voice, photograph, fingerprint, signature, iris and/or such

other identifiable features.

(c) Data Capture Machine (DCM) is the device which

captures the biometrics of an individual.

(d) Validation is the process of taking the biometrics

of registered voters whose biometrics have not yet been

captured.

(e)

Deactivation

refers

to

the

removal

of

the

registration

record of the registered voter from the

corresponding

precinct book of voters for failure to

comply with the validation process as required by this

Act.

(f) Reactivation refers to the reinstatement of a

deactivated voter.

Section 3. Who Shall Submit for Validation. —

Registered

voters

whose

biometrics

have

not

been

captured shall submit themselves for validation.

Section 4. Who Shall Conduct the Validation. — The

City

or Municipal Election Officer shall conduct the

validation.

Section 5. Commencement of Validation. — The

Commission shall conduct validation beginning July 1,

2013, consistent with the continuing registration under

Republic Act No. 8189.

Section 6. Publication and Notice Requirement. —

The

Commission

shall

cause the publication of the

commencement of the validation in two (2) newspapers

of general circulation. The City or Municipal Election

Officer shall serve individual written notices by registered

mail with return card to the voters concerned at their

latest address in the voter’s registration record and post

the list of the voters concerned in the city or municipal

bulletin board and in the local COMELEC office.

Section 7. Deactivation. — Voters who fail to submit

for validation on or before the last day of filing of

application for registration for purposes of the May 2016

elections shall be deactivated pursuant to this Act.

Section 8. Reactivation. — Those deactivated under

the preceding section may apply for reactivation after the

May 2016 elections following the procedure provided in

Section 28 of Republic Act No. 8189.

Section

9.

Database

Security.

—

The

database

generated by biometric registration shall be secured by

the

Commission

and shall not be used, under any

circumstance, for any purpose other than for electoral

exercises.

Section 10. Mandatory Biometrics Registration. —

The

Commission

shall

implement

a

mandatory

biometrics registration system for new voters.

Section 11. Prohibited Acts. — The following shall be

election offenses punishable under Sections 263 and 264

of Batas Pambansa Bilang 881, as amended, otherwise

known as the "Omnibus Election Code":

(a) Any person who shall prohibit, impede, obstruct or

prevent a registered voter or a new voter from submitting

his or her biometrics for capture through the use of force,

intimidation or monetary consideration; and

(b) Any public official or person who, under the guise

of implementing this Act, shall unjustifiably and without

due process, cause the deactivation or reactivation of any

registered voter.

Section

12.

Rules

and

Regulations.

—

The

Commission

shall,

within

sixty

(60)

days

after

the

effectivity of this Act, promulgate the implementing rules

and regulations.

Section 13. Separability Clause. — If any part of this

Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, the other parts or

provisions hereof shall remain valid and effective.

Section 14. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,

executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with

this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 15. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take

effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two

(2) newspapers of general circulation.

March 14, 2013

RA No 10380 | Local Absentee Voting for

Media Act

[IRR] RA 10380 Local Absentee Voting for Media

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR LOCAL ABSENTEE VOTING

FOR MEDIA

Be

it

enacted

by

the

Senate

and

House

of

Representatives

of

the

Philippines

in

Congress

assembled:

Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — The State shall

ensure the free exercise of the right of suffrage by all

citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by

law.

Section 2. Local Absentee Voting for Members of

Media. — The Commission on Elections shall extend the

right to vote under the local absentee voting system

provided under existing laws and executive orders to

members of media, media practitioners, including the

technical and support staff, who are duly registered

voters and who, on election day, may not be able to vote

due to the performance of their functions in covering and

reporting on the elections: Provided, That they shall be

allowed to vote only for the positions of President, Vice

President, Senators and Party-List Representative.

Section 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. —

The Commission on Elections shall, within thirty (30) days

from

the

effectivity

of

this

Act,

promulgate

the

implementing rules and regulations which shall include a

system of accreditation and verification of the members

of media, media practitioners, the technical and support

staff, who are qualified to avail of local absentee voting.

Section 4. Appropriations. — The initial funding of

this Act shall be charged against the current year’s

appropriations

or

from any available savings of the

Commission on Elections. Thereafter, such amount as

may be necessary for the continued implementation of

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