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Practice question: Clerical Error (RA 9048, as amended by RA 10172)

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Practice question

An applicant asserts that the recorded sex is a typing mistake. Explain the main documentary safeguards and why the procedure is not a universal remedy for surgery-based sex reassignment.

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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