Section 20Sec./Art. 20

Expenses of Elections. -

(a) All election expenses shall be subject to the approval of the Commission and shall be advanced by the provincial, sub-provincial, city, municipal, and municipal district treasurer concerned and shall be charged against the branch of the Government for which the election was held, and, if held for more than one branch, against the corresponding branches of the Government, in equal parts. For this purpose, the provincial board and city, municipal and municipal district councils shall appropriate an amount every year equivalent to twenty-five per cent of the total amount spent by their respective provinces, sub-provinces, cities, municipalities or municipal districts in the last local election as a continuing appropriation to cover their respective shares of the expenses in the next regular local elections;

(b) The expenses incident to the holding of the first election in a new municipality shall be advanced, as may be necessary, by the province and such municipality shall reimburse the same upon presentation of the proper bill;

(c) All provincial, sub-provincial, and city treasurers shall, within one hundred eighty days after the duty of the election, submit to the Commission a report of all claims received in their respective provinces, sub-provinces and cities in connection with the elections;

(d) Any person, corporation, association, or entity who fails to present in writing any claim for any election expenditure incurred by him in connection with the elections within six months after such expenditure has been made, with the provincial, sub-provincial, city, municipal or municipal district treasurer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have waived the claims and any action for the collection thereof shall be deemed to have prescribed; and

(e) Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Commission may authorize the payment of compensation from appropriations provided for election to its officials and employees, and those assigned thereto, except the Chairman and members thereof, for overtime services rendered on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, or after required office hours on regular working days in connection with election, at rates to be fixed by the Commission which shall not exceed, for any one month, the equivalent of their respective regular monthly compensations.