Text of the provision
Art. 408. The following shall be entered in the civil register:
(1) Births;
(2) marriages;
(3) deaths;
(4) legal separations;
(5) annulments of marriage;
(6) judgments declaring marriages void from the beginning;
(7) legitimations;
(8) adoptions;
(9) acknowledgments of natural children;
(10) naturalization;
(11) loss, or
(12) recovery of citizenship;
(13) civil interdiction;
(14) judicial determination of filiation;
(15) voluntary emancipation of a minor; and
(16) changes of name.
(326a)
Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
Sixteen classes of act, event and judicial decree must be entered in the civil register — among them births, marriages and deaths; legal separations, annulments and judgments declaring a marriage void; legitimations and adoptions; naturalization and the loss or recovery of citizenship; civil interdiction; the judicial determination of filiation; voluntary emancipation of a minor; and changes of name. The register is the official record from which civil status is proved.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 365 — Surname of an Adopted Child.
- Article 409 — Duty of the Clerk of Court to Report.
Cases citing this article
- Feliciano Palad Legaspi, Sr. vs. People of the Philippines, G.R. No. 241986, August 22, 2022 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Francis Luigi G. Santos vs. Republic of the Philippines, The Office of the Local, G.R. No. 250520, May 5, 2021 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Special Committee on Naturalization (SCN) vs. Winston, G.R. No. 205218 / G.R. No. 207075, February 10, 2020 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- May D. Añonuevo, et al. vs. Intestate of Rodolfo G. Jalandoni, represented by Bernardino G. Jalandoni as Special Administrator, G.R. No. 178221, December 1, 2010 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Republic of the Philippines vs. Jennifer B. Cagandahan, G.R. No. 166676, September 12, 2008 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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