Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Section 7 of the same Act is hereby renumbered as Section 11 and is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 11. System of Continuing Registration. - The Commission shall ensure that the benefits of the system of continuing registration are extended to qualified overseas voters. Registration shall commence not later than six (6) months after the conduct of the last national elections. Towards this end, the Commission shall be authorized to utilize and optimize the use of existing facilities, personnel and mechanisms of the various government agencies for purposes of data gathering and validation, information dissemination and facilitation of the registration process.

"Pre-departure Orientation Seminars (PDOS), services and mechanisms offered and administered by the DFA, the DOLE, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Commission on Filipinos Overseas and by other appropriate agencies of the government and private agencies providing the same services shall include the salient features of this Act and shall be utilized for purposes of supporting the overseas registration and voting processes.

"All employment contracts processed and approved by the POEA shall state the right of migrant workers to exercise their constitutional right of suffrage within the limits provided for by this Act."