Text of the provision
Art. 49. Naturalization and the loss and reacquisition of citizenship of the Philippines are governed by special laws.
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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
The Civil Code does not itself lay down the rules on becoming, losing, or regaining Filipino citizenship — it refers those matters to special laws. Today these include the Revised Naturalization Law (C.A. 473), the administrative naturalization law (R.A. 9139), and the Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act (R.A. 9225), all read together with the citizenship provisions of the 1987 Constitution.
Related provisions
- Article 50 — domicile of natural persons.
- Article 15 — the nationality principle for status and capacity.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
Note. The text of the provision above is reproduced in full from the official enactment (Republic Act No. 386), verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings. The annotation and commentary around it are the work of Vivas & Nobles Law Office and are general legal information, not legal advice. How a provision applies to a particular situation depends on facts that only a lawyer reviewing your case can assess.