Assembly or for provincial officers, and upon completion thereof shall make one statement of all votes cas t for each candidates for the Assembly in each Assembly district, and one statement of all the votes, if any, cast for provincial officers Upon the completion of such statement the board shall determine therefrom what person has been elected to the Assembly  from each Assembly district, and what person has been elected to each provincial office. S ECTION  567 . Certificate of Result.  — All such determinations shall be reduce to writing, in duplicate, and signed by the members of the provincial board or a majority of them, and sealed with the provincial seal. One copy thereof shall be filed with the p rovincial treasurer, one forthwith with the Executive Secretary, and a certified copy thereof shall also forthwith be delivered to each elected candidate. [1582-25; 2582.] [1582-25; 2582.] S ECTION  568 . Who may be Certified.  — The provincial board of canvassers shall certify as elected to the office of Delegate to the Philippine Assembly and to any provincial office only persons who have obtained a majority of votes and who have filed their c ertificate of candidacy in accordance with the provisions of section five hundred and one hereof. [2582.] S ECTION  569 . Confirmation by Governor-General.  — Upon the filing of said certificate in the office of the Executive Secretary, the Governor-General shall, except as provided in the next succeeding section hereof, confirm the election of each of the candida tes for provincial office so certified as elected notwithstanding the pendency of any contest of his election in a court. Such confirmation shall not, however, prevail against the decision of the court. [1726-3; 2582.] S ECTION  570 . Confirmation Protested for Disloyalty.  — Any candidate who has received votes at a provincial election may file with the Governor-General, within thirty days after such election, a protest against the confirmation of the election of a provinci al officer elect, on account of disloyalty to the constituted Government. The Governor-General may then refuse to confirm the election of any provincial officer elect, pending the determination of the protest filed with him, which shall be investigated by  a judge of the Court of First Instance, by the Attorney-General or any of his assistant attorneys whom the Governor-General may designate to make such investigation with the least possible Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 183