PART I
February 15, 1993
Rule 1
Title and Construction
Section 1. Title of the Rules. -
These rules shall be known and cited as the COMELEC Rules of Procedure.
Sec. 2. Applicability. - These rules, except Part VI, shall apply to all actions and
proceedings brought before the Commission. Part VI shall apply to election
contests and quo warranto cases cognizable by courts of general jurisdiction.
Sec. 3. Construction. - These rules shall be liberally construed in order to promote the
effective and efficient implementation of the objectives of ensuring the
holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections and to
achieve just, expeditious and inexpensive determination and disposition of
every action and proceeding brought before the Commission.
Sec. 4. Suspension of the Rules. - In the interest of justice and in order to obtain speedy
disposition of all matters pending before the Commission, these rules or any
portion thereof may be suspended by the Commission.
Sec. 5. Meaning of Words. - Whenever used in these
Rules, the following words or terms shall mean:
a. Commission - the Commission on Elections
b. Division - a Division of the Commission on
Elections
c. Chairman - the Chairman of the Commission
on Elections
d. Commissioner - a Commissioner of the
Commission on Elections
e. Member - the Chairman or a Commissioner
f. Ordinary Actions - shall refer to Election
Protests, Quo warranto, and Appeals from decisions of courts in election
protest cases
g. Special Actions - shall refer to Petitions
to deny course to certificate of candidacy, to declare a candidate as a
nuisance candidate, to disqualify a candidate or to postpone or suspend an
election
h. Special Cases - shall refer to Pre-proclamation
cases
i. Special Reliefs - shall refer to
Certiorari, Prohibition, Mandamus and Contempt
j. Provisional Remedies - shall refer to
injunction and/or restraining order
k. Special Proceedings - shall refer to annulment
of permanent list of voters, registration of political parties and
accreditation of citizens' arms of the Commission
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