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    Commonwealth Act 625

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    Commonwealth Act 625 provides the process for a person with a Filipino mother to elect Philippine citizenship. It requires signing a sworn statement before an oath-administering officer and filing it with the nearest civil registry along with an oath of allegiance. For those absent from the Philippines, the statement can be signed before a US officer and sent to the Manila Civil Registry. A 10-peso filing fee is collected. Making fraudulent statements is punishable by imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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    Commonwealth Act 625 provides the process for a person with a Filipino mother to elect Philippine citizenship. It requires signing a sworn statement before an oath-administering officer and filing it with the nearest civil registry along with an oath of allegiance. For those absent from the Philippines, the statement can be signed before a US officer and sent to the Manila Civil Registry. A 10-peso filing fee is collected. Making fraudulent statements is punishable by imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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    Commonwealth Act 625 provides the process for a person with a Filipino mother to elect Philippine citizenship. It requires signing a sworn statement before an oath-administering officer and filing it with the nearest civil registry along with an oath of allegiance. For those absent from the Philippines, the statement can be signed before a US officer and sent to the Manila Civil Registry. A 10-peso filing fee is collected. Making fraudulent statements is punishable by imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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    Commonwealth Act 625

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    Vilpa Villabas
    Commonwealth Act 625 provides the process for a person with a Filipino mother to elect Philippine citizenship. It requires signing a sworn statement before an oath-administering officer and filing it with the nearest civil registry along with an oath of allegiance. For those absent from the Philippines, the statement can be signed before a US officer and sent to the Manila Civil Registry. A 10-peso filing fee is collected. Making fraudulent statements is punishable by imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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    [COMMONWEALTH ACT 625]

    AN ACT PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE OPTION TO ELECT


    PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP SHALL BE DECLARED BY A PERSON WHOSE
    MOTHER IS A FILIPINO CITIZEN

    SECTION 1. The option to elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with


    subsection (4), section 1, Article IV, of the Constitution shall be expressed in a statement
    to be signed and sworn to by the party concerned before any officer authorizes to
    administer oaths, and shall be filed with the nearest civil registry. The said party shall
    accompany the aforesaid statement with the oath of allegiance to the Constitution and the
    Government of the Philippines.

    SEC. 2. If the party concerned is absent from the Philippines, he may make the
    statement herein authorized before any officer of the Government of the United States
    authorized to administer oaths, and he shall forward such statement together with his oath
    of allegiance, to the Civil Registry of Manila.

    SEC. 3. The civil registrar shall collect as filing fees of the statement, the amount
    of ten pesos.

    SEC. 4. The penalty of prision correccional, or a fine not exceeding ten thousand
    pesos, or both, shall be imposed on anyone found guilty of fraud or falsehood in making
    the statement herein prescribed.

    SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

    Approved, June 7, 1941.

    Commonwealth Act 625

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