Practice question
A local registrar grants a first-name change. Upon receiving the decision, the Civil Registrar General finds that the asserted basis does not fall within Section4. The office acts within ten working days. Which statutory power is relevant?
- The power to impugn the grant by objection on that statutory ground
- A power to imprison the petitioner without trial
- A power to alter citizenship under the same petition
- An absolute duty to approve every local grant
- A power exercisable only after ten years
Legal references
- RA9048 Sections3,6–8, read with RA10172: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_9048_2001.html
- RA10172 Sections1–3, amending RA9048: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10172_2012.html
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