Republic Act No. 45: An act to fix the date of the regular elections for elective provincial, city and municipal offices, and of the election of the eight senators who will succeed those whose term of office will expire on december thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven

Republic Act No. 45

An act to fix the date of the regular elections for elective provincial, city and municipal offices, and of the election of the eight senators who will succeed those whose term of office will expire on december thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven

AN ACT TO FIX THE DATE OF THE REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICES, AND OF THE ELECTION OF THE EIGHT SENATORS WHO WILL SUCCEED THOSE WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN

In plain language

The act establishes the schedule for regular elections of all elective provincial, city, and municipal offices and for the election of eight senators, setting the date to the second Tuesday of November every four years and providing for the repeal of inconsistent laws.

Regular elections held on the second Tuesday of November every four years

Senators elected on the same day

Repeal of laws inconsistent with the act

Act takes effect upon approval

Elections

Governance

Republic Act

1946

Republic Act No. 45 October 3, 1946

Section 1

On the second Tuesday of November, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and on the same day every four years thereafter, a regular election shall be held to elect the officials who will occupy all elective provincial, city or municipal offices throughout the Philippines. The officials elected shall assume office on the first day of January next following and shall hold such office for four years until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified.

Section 2

The election of the eight Senators who will succeed those whose term of office will expire on the thirtieth of December, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, shall also be held on the second Tuesday of November, nineteen hundred and forty-seven.

Section 3

All laws or parts thereof inconsistent within the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Section 4

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: October 3, 1946

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