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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. B. No. 3117 
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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This bill seeks to amend the pertinent provisions of Republic Act 9048 by further 
authorizing the local civil registrar or the Consul General to correct clerical or 
typographical error in the date of birth or sex of a person appearing in the civil register 
without need of a judicial order. 
Republic Act 9048 has simplified the correction of clerical errors in the civil 
register, and has declogged the courts by removing the burden of resolving cases of 
this nature. Further, this administrative correction has made this remedy accessible and 
less costly to the public. The records of the National Statistics Office will bear that 
thousands of cases have been filed and resolved on a shorter period of time, not to 
mention that this administrative correction is an income-generating measure for the 
agency concerned. 
To further authorize the public officials concerned, under the proposed measure, 
to correct the date of birth and sex as a result of a typographical error or mistake would 
further benefit the public and the agency concerned. 
To prevent abuse of this measure and the circumvention of the law on substantial 
corrections, and as a safeguard, the bill strictly specified the evidence to be presented 
as to grant relief. 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought 
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MA~iNYIVILLAR 


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SENATE 
S.B. No: 3117 
Introduced by SENATOR MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
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FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OR MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OR THE 
CONSUL GENERAL TO CORRECT CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE 
DATE OF BIRTH OR SEX OF A PERSON APPEARING IN THE CIVIL REGISTER 
WITHOUT NEED OF A JUDICIAL ORDER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE 
PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9048 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9048 is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"SECTION 1. Authority to Correct Clerical or Typographical Error and 
Change of First Name or Nickname. - No entry in a civil register shall be 
changed or corrected without a judicial order, except for clerical or 
typographical errors WHICH INCLUDE MISTAKE IN THE ENTRY IN THE 
DATE OF BIRTH OR THE SEX OF A PERSON and change of first name or 
nickname which can be corrected or changed by the concerned city or 
municipal civil registrar or consul general in accordance with the provisions of 
this Act and its implementing rules and regulations." 
SECTION 2. Section 2, paragraph (3) of Republic Act No. 9048 is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. -
As used in this Act, the following 
terms shall mean: 
"(3) 'Clerical or typographical error' refers to a mistake committed in 
the performance of clerical work in writing, copying, transcribing or typing an 
entry in the civil register that is harmless and innocuous, such as misspelled 
name or misspelled place of birth, MISTAKE IN THE ENTRY IN THE DATE 
OF BIRTH OR THE SEX OF A PERSON or the like, which is visible to the 
eyes or obvious to the understanding, and can be corrected or changed only 
by reference to other existing record or records: Provided, however, That no 
correction must involve the change of nationality, [age,] OR status [or sex] of 
the petitioner." 
SECTION 3. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9048 is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 5. Form and Contents of the Petition. -
The petition FOR 
CORRECTION OF A CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR, OR FOR 
CHANGE OF FIRST NAME OR NICKNAME, AS THE CASE MAY BE, shall 
be in the form of an affidavit, subscribed and sworn to before any person 


authorized by law to administer oaths. 
The affidavit shaff set forth facts 
necessary to establish the merits of the petition and shaff show affirmatively 
that the petitioner is competent to testify to the matters stated. The petitioner 
shaff state the particular erroneous entry or entries which are sought to be 
corrected and/or the change sought to be made. 
"The petition shall be supported with the following documents: 
"(1) A certified true machine copy of the certificate or of the page of the 
registry book containing the entry or entries sought to be corrected or 
changed; 
"(2) At least two (2) public or private documents showing the correct entry or 
entries upon which the correction or change shall be based; and 
"(3) Other documents which the petitioner or the city or municipal civil 
registrar, or the consul general may consider relevant and necessary for the 
approval of the petition. 
[In case of change of first name or nickname, the petition shaff likewise be 
supported with the documents mentioned in the immediately preceding paragraph.] 
NO PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS ENTRY 
CONCERNING THE DATE OF BIRTH OR THE SEX OF A PERSON SHALL 
BE ENTERTAINED EXCEPT IF THE PETITION IS ACCOMPANIED BY 
EARLIEST SCHOOL RECORD OR EARLIEST CIVIL DOCUMENTS SUCH 
AS, 
BUT 
NOT 
LIMITED 
TO, 
MEDICAL 
RECORDS, 
BAPTISMAL 
CERTIFICATE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY RELIGIOUS 
AUTHORITIES; NOR SHALL ANY ENTRY INVOLVING CHANGE OF 
GENDER CORRECTED EXCEPT IF THE PETITION IS ACCOMPANIED BY 
A CERTIFICATION 
ISSUED 
BY AN 
ACCREDITED 
GOVERNMENT 
PHYSICIAN ATTESTING TO THE FACT THAT THE PETITIONER HAS NOT 
UNDERGONE SEX CHANGE OR SEX TRANSPLANT. 
[In addition, t]The petition FOR CHANGE OF FIRST NAME OR 
NICKNAME, 
OR 
FOR 
CORRECTION 
OF 
ERRONEOUS 
ENTRY 
CONCERNING THE DATE OF BIRTH OR THE SEX OF A PERSON, AS 
THE CASE MAY BE, shaff be published at least once a week for two (2) 
consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation. Furthermore, the 
petitioner shaff submit a certification from the appropriate law enforcement 
agencies that he/SHE has no pending case or no criminal record. 
"The petition and its supporting papers shaff be filed in three (3) copies 
to be distributed as follows: first copy to the concerned city or municipal civil 
registrar, or the consul general; second copy to the Office of the Civil 
Registrar General; and the third copy to the petitioner." 
SECTION 4. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 9048 is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 8. Payment of Fees. -
The city or municipal civil registrar or 
the consul general shall be authorized to collect reasonable fees as a 
condition for accepting the petition. An indigent petitioner shall be exempt 
from the payment of the said fee. 
"THE FEES COLLECTED BY THE CITY OR MUNICIPAL CIVIL 
REGISTRAR OR THE CONSUL GENERAL PURSUANT TO THIS ACT 
SHALL ACCRUE TO THE FUNDS OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY 
OFFICE CONCERNED OR THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUL GENERAL FOR 


MODERNIZATION OF THE OFFICE AND HIRING OF NEW PERSONNEL 
AND PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES, SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT 
ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING RULES." 
SECTION 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -
The Civil Registrar 
General shall, in consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department 
of Foreign Affairs, the Office of the Supreme Court Administrator and the Philippine 
Association of Civil Registrars, issue the necessary rules and regulations for the 
effective implementation of this Act not later than two (2) months from its effectivity. 
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. -
If any portion or provision of this Act is 
declared void or unconstitutional, the remaining portion or provisions hereof shall not 
be affected by such declaration. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. 
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All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations, other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the prOVisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 8. Effectivity. -
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers 
of general circulation. 
Approved