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H. No. 9610 S. No. 639 / 61 OG No. 5, 848 (February 15, 1965)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4074, June 18, 1964 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PERMANENT REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO POSTPONE THE GENERAL RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION OF VOTERS WHICH IS SET FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE."



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTON 1. Section five of Republic Act Numbered Thirty-five hundred and eighty-eight is hereby amended to  read  as  follows:
"SEC. 5. Registration of Voters.�On any date, within sixty days after having acquired the qualifications of a voter, but not later than sixty days before the day of any regular election and not later than thirty days before the day of any special election a qualified voter shall personally appear before the election registrar of his city municipality or municipal district wherein he is domiciled and file with him a sworn application for registration in triplicate.

"To facilitate filing of application for registration, the election registrar may hold office in any district, barrio or sitio within his jurisdiction, without any traveling allowances, subject to the rules and regulations  promulgated by the Commission on Elections.  Any person who fails to register within sixty days after having acquired the qualifications of a voter or is registered after said period shall not be qualified to vote in the election immediately following his registration.  For purposes of the nineteen hundred sixty-five elections, however, any person who is a qualified voter  may register  any time before the  sixty-day  period  preceding  the date of said elections."
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 18, 1964.
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