WHEREAS, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has certified that a vacancy exists in the first congressional district of the province of Negros Occidental;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 20 of Republic Act No. 180, known as the Revised Election Code, do hereby issue this proclamation and call a special election in the first congressional district of the province of  Negros Occidental to take place on Tuesday, the twelfth day of November, nineteen hundred and .sixty-three, to coincide with the general elections for provincial and municipal officials and for eight senators, for the purpose of electing the member who is to fill the unexpired portion of the term of the existing vacancy in the House of Representatives corresponding to said province.

The provisions of the Revised -Election Code insofar as they are applicable shall be followed in the conduct of the special election herein called.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary