General Provisions Relative to Elective Officers and Offices 

S ECTION 500 . Limitation Upon Reëlection to Same Office . — The incumbent of any elective office may become a candidate to succeed himself; but a second reëlection to a provincial, municipal or township office is prohibited, except after the lapse of a full term. 

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S ECTION 501 . Certificate of Candidacy . — No person shall be eligible for election as Delegate to the Assembly or for election to a provincial office unless, within the time fixed by law, he shall file with the proper provincial board a duly verified certif icate of candidacy. EIDTAa 

Said certificate shall declare that the person whose signature it bears announces, or permits to be announced, his candidacy for the position in question; that he is a resident of the Assembly district or of the province, as the case may be, in which his c andidacy is offered; that he is a duly qualified elector therein; and that he is eligible to the office. The certificate shall also state the name of the political party to which the candidate belongs, or that he belongs to none, if such be the case. 

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S ECTION 502 . When Certificate to be Filed.  — The certificate of candidacy contemplated above shall be filed with the provincial board of the province not less than ten days before the day set for the election; but when the death or disqualification of any candidate who has duly announced his candidacy occurs within the fifteen days next preceding the day of election, it shall be lawful for any other duly qualified person to file with said board on or before noon of the day of election, a certificate of his candidacy for the position for which the deceased or disqualified person, was a candidate. 

Upon receipt of any certificate of candidacy it shall be the duty of the provincial board to spread a copy of the same upon the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of said board, and promptly to mail a copy to the Executive Secretary. The original shall  be filed with the official records of the province. aSTAHD 

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S ECTION 503 . Official Acts of Person Ineligible to Office . — When an ineligible person is elected to and assumes office, his official acts done prior to his removal from office shall be valid. 

