Title
Assumption Date for Provincial and Municipal Officials
Law
Act No. 3879
Decision Date
Nov 13, 1931
Act No. 3879 establishes a fixed start and end date for the terms of provincial and municipal officers elected in the Philippines, ensuring smooth transitions and uninterrupted governance.
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Q&A (Act No. 3879)

The main purpose of Act No. 3879 is to provide that persons elected to provincial or municipal office shall assume office on the sixteenth of July next following their election.

The term of office begins on the sixteenth of July following the election.

The term lasts for three years, ending on the fifteenth of July three years after it began.

The incumbent shall hold over and continue to serve until a successor is duly qualified.

Yes, the Act applies to both provincial and municipal officers elected at any general election commencing with the year 1937.

Sections 2074 and 2177 of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, are amended.

The Act took effect upon its approval on November 13, 1931.

The official start date is the sixteenth of July following their election.

Municipal officers serve a term of three years from the sixteenth of July following their election.

Yes, it specifies that the incumbent holds over and continues in office until the duly qualified successor is inducted.


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