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    This document is a summary of Republic Act No. 9164 which provides for synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to be held every three years, with the next one occurring on July 15, 2002. It standardizes the term length for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to three years, and establishes the qualifications for elective officials of the Sangguniang Kabataan. It also allocates funds for holding the synchronized elections in 2002.

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    This document is a summary of Republic Act No. 9164 which provides for synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to be held every three years, with the next one occurring on July 15, 2002. It standardizes the term length for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to three years, and establishes the qualifications for elective officials of the Sangguniang Kabataan. It also allocates funds for holding the synchronized elections in 2002.

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    March 19, 2002

    REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164

    AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SYNCHRONIZED BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG


    KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS
    AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF
    1991", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

    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 and every three (3) years
    thereafter.TIADCc

    SECTION 2. Term of Office . — The term of office of all barangay and
    sangguniang kabataan officials after the effectivity of this Act shall be three
    (3) years.
    N o barangay elective official shall serve for more than three (3)
    consecutive terms in the same position: Provided, however, That the term of
    office shall be reckoned from the 1994 barangay elections. Voluntary
    renunciation of office for any length of time shall not be considered as an
    interruption in the continuity of service for the full term for which the
    elective official was elected.
    SECTION 3. Registration. — For purposes of the July 15, 2002
    synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections provided under
    this Act, a special registration of voters for the sangguniang kabataan shall
    be fixed by the Commission on elections (COMELEC). Subsequent
    registration of barangay and sangguniang kabataan voters shall be governed
    by Republic Act No. 8189.
    SECTION 4. Assumption of Office. — The term of office of the
    barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials elected under this Act shall
    commence on August 15, 2002. The term of office of the barangay and
    sangguniang kabataan officials elected in subsequent elections shall
    commence at noon of November 30, next following their election.
    SECTION 5. Hold Over. — All incumbent barangay officials and
    sangguniang kabataan officials shall remain in office unless sooner removed
    or suspended for cause until their successors shall have been elected and
    qualified. The provisions of the Omnibus Election Code relative to the failure
    of elections and special elections are hereby reiterated in this Act.
    SECTION 6. Section 424 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as
    the Local Government Code of 1991, is hereby amended to read as follows:

    "SEC. 424. Katipunan ng Kabataan. — The katipunan ng


    kabataan shall be composed of Filipino citizens actually residing in
    the barangay for at least six (6) months, who are fifteen (15) but less
    than eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election, and who
    are duly registered in the list of the sangguniang kabataan or in the
    official barangay list in the custody of the barangay secretary."aCHcIE

    SECTION 7. Section 428 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as
    the Local Government Code of 1991, is hereby amended to read as follows:

    "SEC. 428. Qualifications. — An elective official of the


    sangguniang kabataan must be a Filipino citizen, a qualified voter of
    the katipunan ng kabataan, a resident of the barangay for at least
    one (1) year immediately prior to election, at least fifteen (15) years
    but less than eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election,
    able to read and write Filipino, English, or the local dialect, and must
    not have been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude."

    SECTION 8. Appropriations. — The amount of One billion one hundred


    million pesos (P1,100,000,000) needed for the purpose shall be charged
    from the appropriation of the COMELEC authorized under Republic Act No.
    9162, otherwise known as the FY 2002 General Appropriations Act.
    In addition, the savings of the COMELEC not exceeding Three hundred
    million pesos (P300,000,000.00) shall be used to augment said
    appropriations as authorized under COMELEC Special Provision No. 2 of
    Republic Act No. 9162.
    The funds mentioned above may be augmented by an amount not
    exceeding ten percent (10%) of the sangguniang kabataan funds reserved
    pursuant to Section 532 (c) of Republic Act No. 7160.
    SECTION 9. Applicability of Other election Laws. — The Omnibus
    Election Code and other existing election laws, as far as practicable, shall
    apply to barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections.
    SECTION 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations . — The COMELEC
    shall promulgate such rules and regulations necessary to implement this Act.
    SECTION 11. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is
    declared unconstitutional or invalid, such sections or parts not affected
    thereby shall remain in full force and effect. cHAaEC

    SECTION 12. Repealing Clause . — All decrees, executive orders, rules


    and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
    are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
    SECTION 13. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect seven (7)
    days after its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general
    circulation.
    Approved: March 19, 2002
    Published in the Manila Times and Manila Standard on March 26, 2002.
    Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 98 No. 23 page 2986 on June 10, 2002.
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