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

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Practice question

Who may correct entries covered by RA 9048, as amended, without a judicial order after following the statutory procedure?
  1. Any employer.
  2. The concerned city or municipal civil registrar or consul general.
  3. Any private notary acting alone.
  4. Any newspaper editor.
  5. Only a criminal prosecutor.

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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