Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippine Congress Assembled

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Eigtheenth Congress

First Regular Session


Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of
July, two thousand eighteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11462
An Act Postponing the May 2020 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
Elections, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9164, as
Amended by Republic Act No. 9340, Republic Act No. 10632, Republic
Act No. 10656, Republic Act No. 10923 and Republic Act No. 10952, and
for Other Purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine
Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9164, as amended, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. Date of Election.— There shall be synchronized barangay
and sangguniang kabataan elections, which shall be held on July 15,
2002. Subsequent synchronized barangay and sangguniang
kabataan elections shall be held on the last Monday of October 2007
and every three (3) years thereafter: Provided, That the barangay and
sangguniang kabataan elections on the second Monday of May 2020
shall be postponed to December 5, 2022. Subsequent synchronized
barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections shall be held on the
first Monday of December 2025 and every three (3) years thereafter."
Section 2. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9164, as amended, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4. Assumption of Office.— The term of office of the barangay and
sangguniang kabataan officials elected under this Act shall
commence at noon of June 30 next following their election: Provided,
however, That the term of office of the barangay and sangguniang
kabataan officials elected in the December 5, 2022 elections and
subsequently thereafter, shall commence at noon of January 1 next
following their election."
Section 3. Hold-Over.— Until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, all incumbent barangay and sangguniang
kabataan officials shall remain in office, unless sooner removed or
suspended for cause: Provided, That barangay and sangguniang
kabataan officials who are ex officio members of the sangguniang
bayan, sangguniang panlungsod, or sangguniang panlalawigan, as
the case may be, shall continue to serve as such members in the
sanggunian concerned until the next barangay and sangguniang
kabataan elections.
Section 4. Appropriations.— The amount necessary for the
implementation of this Act shall be taken from the appropriations of
the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) under the General
Appropriations Act and/or supplementary appropriations thereafter.
Section 5. Repealing Clause.— All other laws, acts, presidential
decrees, executive orders, issuances, presidential proclamations,
rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are contrary to and
inconsistent with any provision of this Act, are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.
Section 6. Separability Clause.— If any portion or provision of this Act is
declared unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision
not affected thereby shall remain in force and effect. 1âшphi1

Section 7. Effectivity.— This Act shall take effect immediately following


the completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in two
(2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd) ALAN PETER S. CAYETANO
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1043 and House
Bill No. 4933 was passed by the Senate of the Philippines and the
House of Representatives on November 11, 2019.
(Sgd) JOSE LUIS G. MONTALES
Secretary General
House of Representatives
(Sgd) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
(Sgd) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
Approved: December 3, 2019.

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