Legal Matters and In Between

With the enactment of Republic Act No. 10172, the correction of clerical or typographical errors in the day and month in the date of birth or sex of a person appearing in the civil register shall be done without a need of a judicial order. Image grabbed from https://www.google.com.ph Thus, there is no need to file in court to correct this type of clerical or typographical errors. As defined: Clerical or Typographical Error - refers to a mistake committed in the performance of clerical work in writing, copying, transcribing or typing an entry in the civil register on the entry of day and month in the date of birth or the sex of the person, which is visible to the eyes or obvious to the understanding, and can be corrected or changed only by reference to other existing record or records: Provided, however, that no correction to other existing record or records: (refers to the correction on the year of birth), or legitimacy status of the petition/document owner. ...