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‘HON.“KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO.

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A REPORTING PROCESS AND PROCEDURE
BETWEEN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRARS AND THE COMMISSION ON
ELECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF PERSONS, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3753,
AND FOR OTHES PURPOSES,

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The exercise of the right of suffrage of our people is the highest point of our democracy it
is through their sovereign voice that our government is made accountable to the people and our
republication its mandate

It is therefore of great importance that we maintain the integrity and fidelity of the
electoral process to ensure that political will of the people will never be compromised by
malevolent forces seeking in undermine the institution and process of our elected government.

This bill seeks to institutionalize a system of reporting between local civil registrars and
Commission on Election. Such measure is sought as a preventive measure against acts leading to
election fraud. As elected officials ourselves, we all understand the value and essence of the
sovereign will of the people. As duly elected members of Congress, we are duty bound to this
expression of the people’s grant to power. We lead not blinded by fraudulent manipulation of our
through the short the short-circuiting of the electoral process.

Thus, the approval of this measure is very much advocated and sought. a

“KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO,
Representative
‘rst District of Bulacan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 1628
Introduced by: “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO.

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A REPORTING PROCESS AND PROCEDURE
BETWEEN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRARS AND THE COMMISSION ON
ELECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF PERSONS, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3753,
AND FOR OTHES PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Section 6 of Republic Act. No. 3752, entitled “Law on Registry of Civil status” is
amended to read as follows:

Sec, 6 Death certificate and register. - No human body shall be buried unless the
proper death certificate has been presented and recorded in the Office of the local civil register.
Such recording in the office of the local civil registrar shall be deemed final and complete upon
submission to the appropriate office in the Commission on Elections a copy of the deceased's
death certificate and such proofs showing the fact of such recording. The physician who
attended the deceased or, in his default the heaith officer concerned, of default a latter, any
member of the family of deceased or any person having knowledge of the death, shall the same
to be recorded in the office of local civil registrar. The death certificate, which shall issued by the
attending physician of the deceased or, in his default, by the health office, shall contain the
following data be furnished by the person reporting the death.

a) Date and Place of birth
b) Full name

©) Age

d) Sex

e) Occupation of profession


During epidermis, bodies may be buried provided the power death certificates have been
secured, which shall be not later than five days after burial of the body.

SECTION 2. Section 12 of the same Republic Act is amended to read as follows.

Section 12. Duties of local civil registrar. — the local civil registrar shall;

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(h) to report to the appropriate office in the Commission on Elections the fat of death
every person, as provided in Section 6 of this Act.

SECTION 3. The Comelec Chairman or such official of Comelec; pursue to Section 3 Of this
Act.

SECTION 4. The Civil Registrar General of the Philippines and the Local Civil Registrars shall
comply with the rules and procedure promulgated by the Comelec, pursuant to Section 3 of this
Act.

SECTION §. Penal Provision — any government official or employee who fails to perform his
duties as prescribed by this Act and the appropriate rules and procedure promulgated by the
Comelec shall be guilty of committing Corrupt practices of Public Officers and shall be
punished with imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years and perpetual
disqualification from public offi

SECTION 6. Effectivity—this Act shall take fifteen days following the compilation of their
publication on the official Gazette or in newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,