An Act Providing the Manner in Which the Option to Elect Philippine Citizenship Shall Be Declared By a Person Whose Mother is a Filipino Citizen
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An Act Providing the Manner in Which the Option to Elect Philippine Citizenship Shall Be Declared By a Person Whose Mother is a Filipino Citizen
Commonwealth Act No. 625
June 7, 1941
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Manner of Electing Philippine Citizenship- Statement of Election (Section 1):
• To be signed and sworn before an officer authorized to administer oaths.
• To be filed with the nearest civil registry.
• Accompanied by oath of allegiance to the Philippine Constitution and Government.
- For Those Abroad (Section 2):
• Statement may be made before a U.S. government officer authorized to administer oaths.
• Statement and oath of allegiance to be forwarded to the Civil Registry of Manila.
- Filing Fees (Section 3):
• Ten pesos to be collected by the civil registrar as filing fees.
- Penalties (Section 4):
• Prision correccional (imprisonment), fine not exceeding ten thousand pesos, or both, for fraud or falsehood in making the statement.
- Effectivity (Section 5):
• The Act shall take effect upon its approval (June 7, 1941).
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An Act Providing the Manner in Which the Option to Elect Philippine Citizenship Shall Be Declared By a Person Whose Mother is a Filipino Citizen
Commonwealth Act No. 625
•June 7, 1941
COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 625
AN ACT PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE OPTION TO ELECT PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP SHALL BE DECLARED BY A PERSON WHOSE MOTHER IS A FILIPINO CITIZEN
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
Section 1. The option to elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with subsection (4), section 1, Article IV, of the Constitution1 shall be expressed in a statement to be signed and sworn to by the party concerned before any officer authorized to administer oaths, and shall be filed with the nearest civil registry. The said party shall accompany the aforesaid statement with the oath of allegiance to the Constitution and the Government of the Philippines.
Section 2. If the party concerned is absent from the Philippines, he may make the statement herein authorized before any officer of the Government of the United States2 authorized to administer oaths, and he shall forward such statement together with his oath of allegiance, to the Civil Registry of Manila.
Section 3. The civil registrar shall collect as filing fees of the...
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