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

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Practice question

Which entries did RA 10172 expressly add to the covered authority when the mistake is patently clerical or typographical?
  1. The day and month of birth and the person’s sex entry.
  2. Every year-of-birth change regardless of effect on age.
  3. Every citizenship classification.
  4. Every judicial determination of paternity.
  5. Every decree declaring a marriage void.

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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