Section 13Sec./Art. 13

A new Section 14 of the same Act is hereby inserted to read as follows:

"SEC. 14. Deactivation of Registration. - The RERB shall deactivate and remove the registration records of the following persons from the corresponding book of voters and place the same, properly marked and dated, in the inactive file after entering any of the following causes of deactivation:

"(a) Any person who has been sentenced by final judgment by a Philippine court or tribunal to suffer imprisonment for not less than one (1) year, such disability not having been removed by plenary pardon or amnesty: Provided, however, That any person disqualified to vote under this paragraph shall automatically reacquire the right to vote upon the expiration of five (5) years after service of sentence, as certified by the Clerks of Courts of the Municipal, Municipal Circuit, Metropolitan, Regional Trial Courts or the Sandiganbayan;

"(b) Any person declared by competent authority to be insane or incompetent, unless such disqualification has been subsequently removed by a declaration of a proper authority that such person is no longer insane or incompetent;

"(c) Any person who did not vote in two (2) consecutive national elections as shown by voting records; and

"(d) Any person whose registration has been ordered excluded by the courts.

"The fact of deactivation shall be annotated in the NROV and the corresponding ROV."