Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa, in session assembled:

SECTION 1. The election of Members of the Sangguniang Pampook of Regions Nine and Twelve shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Batas Pambansa Blg. 20.

SEC. 2. The cost of election shall be charged to the appropriations of the Commission on Elections authorized for the purpose in the current General Appropriations Act. In case of deficiency, the appropriations herein provided may be augmented from the Special Activities Fund intended for special priority activities currently authorize in the General Appropriations Act (Batas Pambansa Blg. 131).

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 2, 1982.