QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 368)
Except as a pseudonym for literary purposes, no person may use a name different from the one he was christened or by which he has been known since childhood, unless a substitute name is authorized by a competent court.
The exception is the use of a pseudonym for literary purposes.
A competent court, through judicial authority.
It must comprise the patronymic name and one or two surnames.
The person must apply in proceedings like those legally provided to obtain judicial authority for a change of name.
No. Separate proceedings shall be held for each alias.
It must set forth the original name and the alias or aliases for whose use judicial authority has been obtained, specifying the proceedings and the date when such authority was granted.
They shall be recorded in the proper civil register.
They must state their real name and all aliases they are authorized to use.
Imprisonment for from one month to six months.
No. Outside the literary pseudonym exception, an alias requires judicial authority from a competent court.
No. Under CA No. 142, he must state his real name and all authorized aliases when signing or executing any document.
It prohibits the use of any different name from one’s christened name or childhood-known name unless authorized by a competent court (or used as a literary pseudonym).
It indicates that alias-authority petitions follow the same procedural framework used for judicial name change approvals.
It takes effect on its approval.