SEC. 5. Certificates of Nomination of Official Candidates by the Political Party. – The certificate of nomination of registered political parties or coalitions of political parties of their official candidates shall be filed, in five (5) legible copies, not later than the last day for filing of certificates of candidacy, duly signed and attested under oath by the party president, chairman, secretary-general or any other duly authorized officer of the party, and shall bear the acceptance of the nominee. If the certificate of nomination of a candidate is filed within the period for filing of the certificate of candidacy but after his certificate of candidacy has been filed, he shall attach a copy of the certificate of nomination shall be attached to the certificate of candidacy.
For this purpose, all registered political parties/fielding official candidates for the election shall, not later than May 09, 2011, submit to the Law Department the names and specimen signatures of the authorized signatories to official party nominations.
No certificate of nomination or any amendment thereto shall be filed after the last day for filing of certificate of candidacy, except in case of valid substitution under Section 14 hereof.
No political party shall be allowed to nominate candidates more than the number required to be voted for in an elective position; otherwise, all of the nominations shall be without effect and the candidate affected shall be considered as independent.
SEC. 6. Independent Candidate. – An independent candidate is one:
1) who has not been nominated by a registered political party or its duly authorized representative;
2) whose nomination has not been submitted by a registered political party;
3) who has not accepted a nomination from registered political party;
4) who accepts nominations from more than one registered political party, except in cases of coalitions of said political parties;
5) whose nomination was filed after the last day of filing of certificates of candidacy.
SEC. 7. Effects of Filing Certificates of Candidacy. – a) Any person holding a public appointive office or position including active members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and other officers and employees in government-owned or controlled corporations, shall be considered ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy.
b) Any person holding an elective office or position shall not be considered resigned upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy for the same or any other elective office or positions.
SEC. 8. Ministerial Duty of Receiving and Acknowledging Receipt of Certificates of Candidacy/Nomination; Recording. – The receiving officer as provided for in Section 3 hereof shall have the ministerial duty to receive and acknowledge receipt of the certificates of candidacy of a candidate and/or nomination by registered political parties or coalition of political parties on or before the deadline for filing of certificates of candidacy, provided said certificates are under oath, contain all the required data, and in the form prescribed by the Commission. He shall stamp every copy of each certificate with the date and time of its receipt and affix his signature thereon.
Thereafter, the receiving officer shall enter in a record book, the following data, leaving no space between entries: (a) date and time of receipt of the certificates; (b) assigned consecutive number thereof; (c) full name of the candidate; (d) the office for which the candidate is running; (e) the political party to which the candidate belongs and/or which nominated him, if any; (f) the number of copies actually received; and (g) the name of the receiving officer.
Without delay, after 12:00 o’clock midnight of the last day for filing certificate of candidacy, the receiving officer shall close the record book by placing a line immediately after the last entry and writing the word “closed”. He shall then affix his signature below the word “closed” and indicate the date and exact time of closing.
