Presidential Decree No. 1659 — WHEREAS, under the above quoted provision of Section 30 of the 1978 Election Code, governors, mayors, sangguniang members or barangay officials are "considered or forced leave of absence from office" upon filing of a certificate of candidacy irrespective of whether these officials are running for the same office which they are holding or for another office;

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Section 1 · Candidate holding elective office Section 2 · Effectivity

Section 1

Candidate holding elective office

Section 1.

Candidate holding elective office. Any person occupying an elective provincial, city, municipal, or municipal district position who runs for an office other than the one which he is holding shall be considered ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy; Provided, however, That during the pendency of the election, the President may appoint said candidate to the office for which he filed a certificate of candidacy.

Section 2

Effectivity

Section 2.

Effectivity. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.