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REPUBLIC ACT No. 10172

(RA 10172)

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Republic Act No. 10172

An act further authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or
the Consul General to correct clerical or typographical errors in the
day and month in the date of birth or sex of a person appearing in
the civil register without need of a judicial order, amending for this
Purpose Republic Act 9048.

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Republic Act No. 10172

City / Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul General is
authorized to correct clerical or typographical errors

Day in the Month in

the date of Sex in the
date of birth
birth birth
certificate

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Examples of Republic Act No. 10172

Error in the
day in the Juan dela Cruz was born in a hospital on August 19, 1974. He used
date of
birth the same date in his school and employments records. When he applied for a
birth certificate, as required by DFA for passport application, the date of birth
as shown in the birth certificate was August 20, 1974.

The erroneous date of birth can be corrected through RA 10172

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Examples of Republic Act No. 10172

Juan dela Cruz used January 26, 1988 as the date of birth since
childhood days. He was baptized on February 1, 1988. When she requested
Error in the
month in the
for a copy of his birth certificate, he found out that the date of birth was
date of birth recorded as “February 26, 1988”.
Based on the evidence presented by Juan dela Cruz, the correct date
of birth is January 26, 1988 and not February 26, 1988.

The erroneous month of birth of Juan dela Cruz can be corrected

through RA 10172.

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No entry in Juan dela Cruz was born on March 29, 1972. However, in the PSA
the day / copy, the entry appeared as “March 1972” only. In the LCRO, the date of
month birth appeared as “March 29, 1972”. The day of birth in the PSA copy can be
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corrected through RA 10172.
Personal Information and
Sensitive Personal
Information Juan dela Cruz was born on May 15, 1987. However, in the LCRO
copy, the date of birth appeared as “May 1987”. In the PSA copy, the date of
birth appeared as “May 15, 1987”.

The day of birth in the LCRO copy can be corrected through RA 1017.

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Where to file the petition under RA 10172?

at the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) where the record was
registered.

However, in case the petitioner is a migrant within or outside the

Philippines, meaning his present residence or domicile is different from
where his civil registry record or records are registered, he may file the
petition in the nearest LCRO in his area. His petition will be treated as a
migrant petition.

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Where to file the petition under RA 10172?

For
correction
of SEX

The petitioner affected by such error shall personally file the petition
with the civil registry office where the birth certificate is registered.

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Republic Act No. 10172

Correction of clerical error (day, month in the date
of birth and Sex)

Php 3,000.00

An additional Php 1,000.00 for migrant petitioner

Note: An indigent petitioner shall be exempted from the payment of the fee.

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