Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO.__9'04

Introduced by REP. RODOLFO G, VALENCIA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Under Republic Act 9048 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, the
authority vested upon the City or Municipal Registrar or the Consul General without need
of judicial order is limited only to the correction of entry in the civil registrar involving
clerical or typographical error and/or change of first name or nickname of the registrants

Fact is, error in birth date, age, gender, compound names and other honest
mistake in the civil registry continue to burden registrants particularly those who are less
in life, Registrants are required to file the proper petition in a judicial court which could
take almost six months and even a year at a cost of Php 50,000.00, more or less, but
without the assurance that favorable judicial order may be obtained at the end.

Many affected individuals have no recourse but to give up their efforts to process
rectification of erroneous entry in their civil register, particularly those financially ill and
who could not beat painstaking legal process.

‘The inclusion of birth date, age, gender, compound names and other honest error
in the enumeration of clerical or typographical errors as provided in the said law without
need of a judicial order would surely benefit thousands or even millions of Filipinos.
Moreover, this would enable the country’s Civil Registry to clean up and sanitize the
records.

Hence, the approval of this Bill is strongly recommended.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO.___9 «U4

Introduced by REP. RODOLFO G. VALENCIA

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE INCLUSION OF BIRTH DATE, AGE, GENDER.
COMPOUND NAMES AND OTHER HONEST ERROR IN THE

ENUMERATION OF CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN THE

CIVIL REGISTER WITHOUT NEED OF A JUDICIAL ORDER, AMENDING

FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 1 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9048 ENTITLED
“AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OR MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OR

THE CONSUL GENERAL TO CORRECT A CLERICAL OR

TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN ANY ENTRY AND/OR CHANGE OF FIRST

NAME OR NICKNAME IN THE CIVIL REGISTER WITHOUT NEED OF A
JUDICIAL ORDER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 376 AND 412

OF THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled.

SECTION 1. Authority to Correct Clerical or Typographical Error and Change
of First Name or Nickname ~ Section | of Republic Act 9048 is hereby amended to read
as follows:

“No entry in civil register shall be changed or corrected without 2
Judicial order, except for clerical or typographical errors in birth date,
age, gender, compound names, change of first name or nickname, and
other honest errors 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. Implementing Rules & Regulations. The civil registrar general
shall, in consultation with the Department of Justice, the Department of Foreign Affairs,
the Office of the Supreme Court Administrator, the University of the Philippines Law
Center and the Philippine Association of Civil Registrars, issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act not later that three (3) months
from the effectivity of this law.


SECTION 3. Retroactivity Clause. — This Act shall have retroactive effect
insofar as it does not prejudice or impair vested or acquired rights in accordance with the
Civil Code and other laws.

SECTION 4, Separability Clause. — If any portion ot provision of this Act is
declared void or unconstitutional, the remaining portions or provisions thereof shall notbe
affected by such declaration.

SECTION 5S. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and
regulations, other issuance, or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. ffectivity Clause. — This Act shall effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation

Approved,