Section 29Sec./Art. 29

Filing and Distribution of Certificates of Candidacy. - At least ninety days before a regular election for all elective offices and at least thirty days before a special election, the certificate of candidacy shall be filed with the office hereinbelow mentioned together with a number of clearly legible copies equal to four times, the number of polling places: Provided, That with respect to certificates of candidacy of candidates for President, Vice-President and Senators, ten copies thereof shall be filed with the Commission which shall order the preparation and distribution of copies of the same to all the election precincts of the Philippines. The certificates shall be filed and distributed as follows:

(a) Those of candidates for national offices, with the Commission, which shall immediately send copies thereof to the provincial and city treasurers of each province and city respectively, where the elections are to be held, and the latter officer shall in turn immediately forward copies to all the polling places. The Commission shall communicate the names of said candidates to the provincial or city treasurer. If the certificate of candidacy is sent by mail, it shall be registered mail, and the date on which the package was deposited in the post office may be considered as the filing date thereof if confirmed by a telegram or radiogram addressed to the Commission on the same date.

The certificate of candidacy may also be filed directly as the case may be with the provincial, sub-provincial or city treasurer who shall immediately forward the certificate by registered special delivery mail to the Commission together with a postal money order covering the amount of filing fees required in Section thirty-three of this Code. The additional copies of the certificate of candidacy shall be retained by the treasurer for distribution to all the polling places within his territorial jurisdiction.

(b) Certificates of candidacy for provincial or sub-provincial offices shall be filed with the provincial or sub-provincial treasurer of the province or sub-province concerned, who shall immediately send copies thereof to all the polling places of the province or sub-province and to the Commission.

(c) Certificates of candidacy for city, municipal or municipal district offices shall be filed with the city, municipal or municipal district treasurer, as the case may be, who shall immediately send copies thereof to the polling places concerned, to the provincial treasurer and to the Commission.