Commonwealth Act No. 142 the civil registry of their residence.
the civil registry of their residence. The name shall comprise the patronymic name and one or
An Act to Regulate the Use of Aliases
National Assembly
7 November 1936
SECTION 1. Except as a pseudonym for literary purposes, no person shall use any name
different from the one with which he was christened or by which he has been known since
his childhood, or such substitute name as may have been authorized by a competent court.
The name shall comprise the patronymic name and one or two surnames.
SECTION 2. Any person desiring to use an alias or aliases shall apply for authority therefor in
proceedings like those legally provided to obtain judicial authority for a change of name.
Separate proceedings shall be had for each alias, and each new petition shall set forth the
original name and the alias or aliases for the use of which judicial authority has been obtained,
specifying the proceedings and the date on which such authority was granted. Judicial
authorities for the use of aliases shall be recorded in the proper civil register.
SECTION 3. No person having obtained judicial authority to use an alias or aliases shall sign
or execute any document without stating his real name and all aliases he may have been
authorized to use.
SECTION 4. Any violation of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment for from one
month to six months.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6085
AN ACT AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED FORTY-TWO REGULATING THE USE OF ALIASES.
Approved: August 4, 1969.
Section 1. Section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-two is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 1. Except as a pseudonym solely for literary, cinema, television, radio or other
entertainment purposes and in athletic events where the use of pseudonym is a normally
accepted practice, no person shall use any name different from the one with which he was
registered at birth in the office of the local civil registry, or with which he was baptized for the
first time, or, in case of an alien, with which he was registered in the bureau of immigration upon
entry; or such substitute name as may have been authorized by a competent court: Provided,
That persons, whose births have not been registered in any local civil registry and who have not
been baptized, have one year from the approval of this act within which to register their names in
two surnames."
Section 2. Section Two of Commonwealth Act 142 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. Any person desiring to use an alias shall apply for authority therefor in proceedings
like those legally provided to obtain judicial authority for a change of name, and no person shall
be allowed to secure such judicial authority for more than one alias. The petition for an alias
shall set forth the person's baptismal and family name and the name recorded in the civil
registry, if different, his immigrant's name, if an alien, and his pseudonym, if he has such names
other than his original or real name, specifying the reason or reasons for the use of the desired
alias. The judicial authority for the use of alias the Christian name and the alien immigrant's
name shall be recorded in the proper local civil registry, and no person shall use any name or
names other, than his original or real name unless the same is or are duly recorded in the
proper local civil registry."
Section 3. Section Two of Commonwealth Act 142 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. No person having been baptized with a name different from that with which he was
registered at birth in the local civil registry, or in case of an alien, registered in the bureau of
immigration upon entry, or any person who obtained judicial authority to use an alias, or who
uses a pseudonym, shall represent himself in any public or private transaction or shall sign or
execute any public or private document without stating or affixing his real or original name and
all names or aliases or pseudonym he is or may have been authorized to use."
Section 4. Commonwealth Act 142 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following new
section to be designated Section 4 to read as follows:
"Sec. 4. Six months from the approval of this act and subject to the provisions of section 1
hereof, all persons who have used any name and/or names and alias or aliases different from
those authorized in section one of this act and duly recorded in the local civil registry, shall be
prohibited to use such other name or names and/or alias or aliases."
Section 5. Section four of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-two is hereby
amended to read as Section five, as follows:
"Sec. 5. Any violation of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment of from one year to five
years and a fine of P5,000 to P10,000."