Practice question
A first-name applicant supplies the basic documents but refuses newspaper publication because the registrar will post the petition for ten consecutive days. May posting alone substitute for the prescribed publication?
- Yes, posting cancels the publication duty.
- Yes, if the applicant prefers privacy.
- Yes, if the first name is short.
- No; the law requires publication once weekly for two consecutive weeks for a first-name change in addition to the applicable posting process.
- No; publication must instead be daily for one year.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_9048_2001.html — RA 9048 sections 3–7: filing, first-name grounds, administrative processing and recourse.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10172_2012.html — RA 10172 sections 1–4: amended authority, clerical-error definition, documents and publication.
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