QuestionsQuestions (PHIC PHILHEALTH CIRCULAR NO. 16, S. 2003)
The law allows correction of clerical or typographical errors and change of first name or nickname, as well as the day and month in the date of birth or the sex of a person, when it is patently clear that the entry contains a clerical/typographical error or mistake.
It is a mistake committed in clerical work in writing, copying, transcribing, or typing that is harmless and innocuous (e.g., misspelled name or place, or incorrect day/month of birth or sex) and is visible to the eyes or obvious to understanding, based on reference to other existing records.
No correction must involve the change of nationality, age, or status of the petitioner.
The concerned city or municipal civil registrar or the consul general.
The petition for correction of the erroneous entry concerning the day and month in the date of birth (or for correction of sex) must be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation.
A certified true machine copy of the certificate/page of the registry book; at least two (2) public or private documents showing the correct entry; and other relevant documents the petitioner or civil registrar/consul general may consider necessary.
For date of birth/sex: it must be accompanied by the earliest school record or earliest school documents such as medical records, baptismal certificate, and other documents issued by religious authorities.
A certification issued by an accredited government physician attesting that the petitioner has not undergone sex change or sex transplant.
The petitioner must submit a certification from the appropriate law enforcement/agencies that he has no pending case or no criminal record.
It must be in the form of an affidavit, subscribed and sworn to before any person authorized by law to administer oaths, showing facts necessary to establish the merits.
It must set forth the particular erroneous entry or entries sought to be corrected and/or the change sought to be made.
The petition and supporting papers must be filed in three (3) copies: one to the concerned city/municipal civil registrar/consul general, one to the Office of the Civil Registrar General, and one to the petitioner.
The civil registrar/consul general may collect reasonable fees as a condition for accepting the petition; an indigent petitioner is exempt from paying the fee.
They accrue to the funds of the Local Civil Registry Office concerned or the Office of the Consul General for modernization and hiring of new personnel and procurement of supplies, subject to government accounting and auditing rules.
Any laws, decrees, rules, or regulations inconsistent with RA 10172 are repealed or modified accordingly.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.