Section 31Sec./Art. 31

Ministerial Duty of Receiving and Acknowledging Receipts. - The Commission, provincial, sub-provincial, treasurer, city treasurer, municipal treasurer or municipal district treasurer in their respective provinces, sub-provinces, cities, municipalities and municipal districts shall have the ministerial duty to receive the certificates of candidacy referred to in Section twenty-nine hereof and to immediately acknowledge receipt thereof: Provided, That in all cases the said Commission may motu proprio or upon a verified petition of an interested party, refuse to give due course to a certificate of candidacy if it is shown that said certificate has been presented and filed to cause confusion among the voters by the similarity of the names of the registered candidates or by other circumstances which demonstrate that the candidate has no bona fide intention to run for the office for which the certificate of candidacy has been filed and thus prevent a faithful determination of the true will of electorate.