OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE

Batas Pambansa

Batas Pambansa Blg. 881

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881

OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the "Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines."

Section 2. Applicability. - This Code shall govern all election of public officers and, to the extent appropriate, all referenda and plebiscites.

Section 3. Election and campaign periods. - Unless otherwise fixed in special cases by the Commission on Elections, which hereinafter shall be referred to as the Commission, the election period shall commence ninety days before the day of the election and shall end thirty days thereafter.

The period of campaign shall be as follows:
1. Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election - 90 days;

2. Election of Members of the Batasang Pambansa and Local Election - 45 days; and

3. Barangay Election - 15 days.
The campaign periods shall not include the day before and the day of the election.

However, in case of special elections under Article VIII, Section 5, Subsection (2) of the Constitution,...