Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Thirteenth Congress
First Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand four.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9333]
AN ACT FIXING THE DATE OF REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9054, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO’, AS AMENDED”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Date of Election. â The regular election for Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) shall be held on the second Monday of August 2005. Succeeding regular elections shall be held on the same date every three years thereafter.
SEC. 2. Term of Office. â The term of office of the Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the ARMM shall be for a period of three years, which shall commence at noon on the thirtieth (30th) day of September 2005 and shall end at noon of the same date three years thereafter.
SEC. 3. Hold-over. â All incumbent elective officials of the ARMM elected in the first regular election under Republic Act No. 9054 and Republic Act No. 9140 shall hold office, in a hold-over capacity, until noon of the thirtieth (30th) day of September 2005 or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
SEC. 4. Rules and Regulations. â The Commission on Elections shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of this Act.
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. â All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC. 6. Effectivity Clause. â This Act shall take effect immediately upon the completion of its publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President of the Senate
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1757 and House Bill No. 2808 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on September 14, 2004.
(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General
House of Representatives
(Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of the Senate
Approved: SEP 21 2004
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
Source: CDAsia
