Section 27January 5, 1988, Sec./Art. 27

Election Offenses. - In addition to the prohibited acts and election offenses enumerated in Sections 261 and 262 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, as amended, the following shall be guilty of an election offense:

(a) Any person who causes the printing of official ballots and election returns by any printing establishment which is not under contract with the Commission on Elections and any printing establishment which undertakes such unauthorized printing.

(b) Any member of the board of election inspector or board of canvassers who tampers, increases, or decreases the votes received by a candidate in any election or any member of the board, who refuses, after proper verification and hearing, to credit the correct votes or deduct such tampered votes.

(c) Any member of the board of election inspectors who refuses to issue to duly accredited watchers the certificate of votes provided in Section 16 hereof.

(d) Any person who violates Section 11 hereof regarding prohibited forms of election propaganda.

(e) Any chairman of the board of canvassers who fails to give notice of meeting to other members of board, candidate or political party as required under Section 23 hereof.

(f) Any person declared as nuisance candidate as defined under Section 69 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, or is otherwise disqualified, by final and executory judgment, who continue to misrepresent himself, or holds himself out, as a candidate, such as by continuing to campaign thereafter, and/or other public officer or private individual, who knowingly induces or abets such misrepresentation, by commission or omission, shall be guilty of an election offense and subject to the penalty provided in Section 264 of the same Code.