WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections has informed that there is widespread clamor for the setting aside of additional dates or registration for barangay members to enable them to register and to cast their votes on referendum day;

WHEREAS, it is my desire that the greatest possible number of the citizenry be afforded ample opportunity to participate in the forthcoming referendum.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:

SECTION 1. Special period of registration. — The period from February 22 to 23, 1975, is hereby declared as a special period for the registration of members of barangays who failed to register during the period set under Presidential Decree No. 629, as amended.

SEC. 2. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.