RA 9048

Clerical error bill signed into law

Good news to those who have problems with errors in their birth certificates.

President Macapagal-Arroyo has signed into law the Clerical Error Bill, now known as Republic Act No. 9048, which is expected to hasten the process of correction of errors in birth certificates.

Clerical error bill signed into law

Good news for those who want their names corrected if they were wrongly written in the civil register: they are no longer required to go to court to have the necessary correction made.

A law signed by President Arroyo last week dispenses with the court process in correcting error in entries in the civil register.

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