Republic Act No. 10172
In case the readers have forgotten what Republic Act No. 10172 is, this post would remind them anything they should know about this law. Republic Act No. 10172 is an "Act Further Authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul General to Correct Clerical or Typographical Errors in the Day and Month in the Date of Birth or Sex of a Person Appearing in the Civil Register Without Need of a Judicial Order, Amending for this Purpose Republic Act No. 9048". Image taken from http://plus613.net/image/19685 What is included in R.A. 9048 is only correction as to the typographical or clerical error of the FIRST NAME or NICKNAME of the person as appearing in the Civil Register. Thus, in R.A. 10172, the clerical or typographical errors as to the day and month in the date of birth or sex of a person have been added thereto. What is the coverage of R.A. No. 10172? It is basically limited to the clerical or typographical errors in the day and month i...