Repatriation of Filipino Women and Natural-Born Filipinos

Republic Act No. 8171 provides that repatriation is done “in the manner provided in Section 4 of Commonwealth Act No. 63, as amended” (Section 1).
Republic Act No. 8171 repeals or amends all inconsistent laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof (Section 3).

Republic Act No. 8171 allows repatriation for Filipino women who lost Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens and for natural-born Filipinos who lost Philippine citizenship, when loss occurred on account of political or economic necessity (Section 1).
Republic Act No. 8171 requires compliance with oath, civil registry registration, and immigration registration steps as the operative mechanism for repatriation (Section 2).

Republic Act No. 8171 covers Filipino women who have lost their Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens (Section 1).
Republic Act No. 8171 covers natural-born Filipinos who have lost their Philippine citizenship (Section 1).
Republic Act No. 8171 extends the repatriation to minor children of the applicant (Section 1).
Repatriation is available when loss of citizenship occurred on account of political or economic necessity (Section 1).

Republic Act No. 8171 bars applicants who are opposed to organized government or affiliated with any association or group that upholds and teaches doctrines opposing organized government (Section 1).
Republic Act No. 8171 bars applicants who defend or teach the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault, or association for the predominance of their ideas (Section 1).
Republic Act No. 8171 bars applicants who have been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude (Section 1).
Republic Act No. 8171 bars applicants who suffer from mental alienation or incurable contagious diseases (Section 1).

Section 4 of Commonwealth Act No. 63, as amended governs the manner of repatriation under Republic Act No. 8171 (Section 1).
Repatriation is effected by taking the necessary oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines (Section 2).
Repatriation requires registration in the proper civil registry (Section 2).
Repatriation requires registration in the Bureau of Immigration (Section 2).
Upon completion of the process, the Bureau of Immigration must cancel the pertinent alien certificate of registration and issue the certificate of identification as Filipino citizen to the repatriated citizen (Section 2).

Republic Act No. 8171 repeals or amends all laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof that are inconsistent with the Act (Section 3).

Section 4 sets the effectivity date rule at thirty (30) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation (Section 4).
Republic Act No. 8171 became law on July 3, 1995 under the constitutional rule on lapse into law (Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution).