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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Vital records maintained by the civil registrar contain the most important documents of 
the general public. For this reason, a simple erroneous entry in the civil regisu'ar can 
cause grave or serious problems on the part of the registrant. A registrant's date of birth 
entered erroneously usually come across problems particularly in the processing of 
papers for school emolment, travel abroad or retirement benefits. 
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Enacted'for the purpose of amending Articles 376 and 412 of the Civil Code of the 
Philippines, Republic Act No. 9048 authorizes the city and municipal civil registrars or 
consuls-general to change or correct without judicial order, certain clerical or 
typographical errors in the civil registers. However, this law did not include other entries 
such as sex, day and month in the date of birth, where typographical or clerical errors are 
likewise commonly committed. 
The inaccuracies of entries in the civil register remain a major source of inconvenience, 
and individuals who are not actually to blame for these errors have to go through with 
these difficulties. Requiring these individuals to go to court for proper remedy 
exacerbates their sorry plight. 
This bill seeks to expand the authority of the city or municipal civil registrar or the 
consul-general by including the correction of clerical and typographical errors in the day 
and month in the date of birth or sex of a person appearing in the civil registrar without 
need of a judicial order. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
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A~tIO ~SONNY" F. TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF' THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Sessiou 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OR MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR 
OR 
THE 
CONSUL-GENERAL 
TO 
CORRECT 
CLERICAL 
OR 
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN THE DAY AND MONTH IN THF; DATE OF 
BIRTH OR SEX OF A PERSON APPEARING IN THE CIVIL REGISTER 
WITHOUT NEED OF A JUDICIAL ORDER, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE 
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETY FORTY EIGHT 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled 
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SECTION 1. SllOrt Title. - Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9048, hereinafter 
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referred to as the Act, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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"Sec. I. Authority to Correct Clerical or Typographical Error and Change of 
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First Name or Nickname. - No entry in a civil register shall be changed or 
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corrected without a judicial order, except for clerical or typographical errors and 
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change of first name or nickname, THE DAY AND MONTH IN THE DATE OF 
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BIRTH OR SEX OF A PERSON WHERE IT IS PATENTLY CLEAR THAT 
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THERE WAS A CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR OR MISTAKE, 
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IN THE ENTRY which can be corrected or changed by the concerned city or 
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municipal civil registrar or consul-general in accordance with the provisions of 
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this Act and its implementing rules and regulations." 
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SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act is likewise amended to read as follows: 
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(2) "Clerical or typographical error" refers to a mistake committed in the 
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performance of clerical work in writing, copying, transcribing or typing an entry 
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in the civil register that is harmless and innocuous, such as misspelled name or 
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misspelled place of birth, MISTAKE IN THE ENTRY OF DAY AND MONTH 
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IN THE DATE OF BIRTH OR THE SEX OF THE PERSON or the like, which is 
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visible to the eyes or obvious to the understanding, and can be conected or 
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changed only by reference to other existing record or records: Provided, however, 
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. That no correction must involve the change of nationality, age, or status [or sex 1 
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of;the petitioner. 
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. SEC. 3. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act shall at any time be 
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found to be unconstitutional or invalid, the remainder thereof not affected by such 
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declaration shall remain in full force and effect. 
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SEC. 4. Repealing Clause . • All laws, decrees, rules or regulations inconsistent 
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with the provisions of this Act m'e hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 5. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
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following its complete publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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