Republic Act No.

386
June 18, 1949

The Civil Code of the Philippines

AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Title XVI. - CIVIL REGISTER

Art. 407. Acts, events and judicial decrees concerning the civil status of persons shall be recorded in the civil
register. (325a)

Art. 408. The following shall be entered in the civil register:

(1) Births;
(2) marriages;
(3) deaths;
(4) legal separations;
(5) annulments of marriage;
(6) judgments declaring marriages void from the beginning;
(7) legitimations;
(8) adoptions;
(9) acknowledgments of natural children;
(10) naturalization;
(11) loss, or (12) recovery of citizenship;
(13) civil interdiction;
(14) judicial determination of filiation;
(15) voluntary emancipation of a minor; and
(16) changes of name. (326a)

Art. 409. In cases of legal separation, adoption, naturalization and other judicial orders mentioned in the preceding
article, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court which issued the decree to ascertain whether the same has been
registered, and if this has not been done, to send a copy of said decree to the civil registry of the city or municipality
where the court is functioning. (n)

Art. 410. The books making up the civil register and all documents relating thereto shall be considered public documents
and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained. (n)

Art. 411. Every civil registrar shall be civilly responsible for any unauthorized alteration made in any civil register, to any
person suffering damage thereby. However, the civil registrar may exempt himself from such liability if he proves that he
has taken every reasonable precaution to prevent the unlawful alteration.(n)

Art. 412. No entry in a civil register shall be changed or corrected, without a judicial order. (n)

Art. 413. All other matters pertaining to the registration of civil status shall be governed by special laws. (n)

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