Practice question
A person has habitually and continuously used a first name and is publicly known by it in the community. Can this be a statutory ground for changing the registered first name?
- No, only a spelling error can ever be addressed.
- Yes, subject to the petition, proof and other statutory requirements.
- Yes, without any petition or records.
- No, unless the name is also a nationality.
- Yes, but an employer alone must approve.
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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