Clerical Error (RA 9048, as amended by RA 10172)

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1. Who may correct entries covered by RA 9048, as amended, without a judicial order after following the statutory procedur…
2. Which description best fits a clerical or typographical error under the amended law?
3. Which entries did RA 10172 expressly add to the covered authority when the mistake is patently clerical or typographica…
4. A person has habitually and continuously used a first name and is publicly known by it in the community. Can this be a …
5. Contemporaneous records show that a birth record accidentally transposed the day and month. No change of birth year, ag…
6. An applicant asks to correct an allegedly mistyped sex entry. Counsel argues that the applicant’s affidavit alone is en…
7. A first-name applicant supplies the basic documents but refuses newspaper publication because the registrar will post t…
8. Explain the scope and limits of administrative clerical correction under RA 9048 as amended by RA 10172.
9. An applicant asserts that the recorded sex is a typing mistake. Explain the main documentary safeguards and why the pro…
10. State the statutory grounds for a first-name or nickname change and explain why establishing one ground does not alone …
11. Under RA9048 Section8, how is an indigent petitioner treated regarding the authorized filing fee?
12. Under RA9048 Section6, how long is the sufficient petition posted?