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27, 2013
NR # 3028B
or the Voters Registration Act of 1996. The Comelec is also mandated to implement a mandatory biometrics registration system for new voters, and the database generated by the biometric registration shall be secured by the Commission and shall not be used, under any circumstances, for any purpose other than for electoral exercises. The measure also provides for penalties for violations of the proposed Act as covered by Sections 263 and 264 of Batas Pambansa Bilang 881, as amended, otherwise known as the Omnibus Election Code. Penalties under the said provisions of the Omnibus Election Code would be imposed on any person who shall prohibit, impede, obstruct or prevent a registered voter or a new voter from submitting his or her biometrics for capture through the use of force, intimidation or monetary consideration. Also to be penalized is any public official or person who, under the guise of implementing this Act, shall unjustifiably and without due process, cause the deactivation or reactivation of any registered voter. The Comelec is also mandated, within 60 days after the effectivity of the Act, to promulgate the implementing rules and regulations. The Act shall take effect 15 days after its publication in at least 2 newspapers of general circulation. The original HB 3469 was principally authored by Rep. Susan Yap (2nd District, Tarlac). Members of the bicameral conference committee representing the House, (which was headed by Barzaga), were Reps. Yap, Andres Salvacion, Jr., Edcel Lagman, Mar-len Abigail Binay, Magtanggol Gunigundo I, and Jose Aquino. The Senate side, headed by Senator Koko Pimentel III, included Senators Manny Villar, Alan Peter Cayetano, Manuel Lito Lapid and Antonio Trillanes IV. (30) dpt