Amended. Republic Act No. 10172 (2012) amended this Act, moving clerical or typographical errors in the DAY and MONTH of the date of birth, and in the SEX entry, into the same administrative route -- no court order needed. The text below is the 2001 original, so any statement here that age or sex cannot be corrected administratively overstates the law as it now stands.
Text of the provision
Sec. 1. Authority to Correct Clerical or Typographical Error and Change of First Name or Nickname – No entry in a civil register shall be changed or corrected without a judicial order, except for clerical or typographical errors and change of first name or nickname which can be corrected or changed by the concerned city or municipal civil registrar or consul general in accordance with the provisions of this Act and its implementing rules and regulations.
Administrative Correction of Clerical or Typographical Errors in Civil Registry Entries, Republic Act No. 9048 (2001). Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified word-for-word against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this section means
As a rule, no civil registry entry may be changed without a judicial order. The exceptions are clerical or typographical errors and a change of first name or nickname, which the city or municipal civil registrar or consul general may act on administratively.
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- Section 2 — Definition Of Terms.
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