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Commonwealth Act No. 625: June 7, 1941

This document is the Commonwealth Act No. 625 from June 7, 1941 which outlines the process for a person with a Filipino mother to elect Philippine citizenship. It states that they must sign a sworn statement before an officer authorized to administer oaths and file it with the nearest civil registry along with an oath of allegiance to the Philippine constitution and government. It also details that a 10 peso filing fee will be collected and penalties for fraud or falsehood in making the statement.

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Commonwealth Act No. 625: June 7, 1941

This document is the Commonwealth Act No. 625 from June 7, 1941 which outlines the process for a person with a Filipino mother to elect Philippine citizenship. It states that they must sign a sworn statement before an officer authorized to administer oaths and file it with the nearest civil registry along with an oath of allegiance to the Philippine constitution and government. It also details that a 10 peso filing fee will be collected and penalties for fraud or falsehood in making the statement.

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June 7, 1941

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 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 authorized 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.DTc ASE

SECTION 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.

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

SECTION 4. The penalty of prisión 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.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 7, 1941.

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