Republic Act No. 11462
Republic Act No. 11462
Republic Act No. 11462
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Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-second day of July, two thousand nineteen.
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,
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.