Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT RECOGNIZING DUAL CITIZENSHIP OF FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO WERE FILIPINOS OR WHO WERE OF FILIPINO ANCESTRY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8171 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
December 8, 1999
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB08888 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT RECOGNIZING DUAL CITIZENSHIP OF FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO WERE FILIPINOS OR WHO WERE OF FILIPINO ANCESTRY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8171 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
| ABSTRACT : This bill provides that NATURAL-BORN FILIPINOS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP, INCLUDING THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, ON ACCOUNT OF POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC NECESSITY, OR WHO HAVE ACQUIRED FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE PRINCIPLE OF JUS SOLI OR BYREASON OF BIRTH AND Filipino women who have lost their Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens may reacquire Philippine citizenship through repatriation WITHOUT RENOUNCING THEIR FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VICENCIO, ROMUALDO T. |
| DATE FILED : 1999-12-08 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 1999-12-14 |
Abstract
This bill provides that NATURAL-BORN FILIPINOS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP, INCLUDING THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, ON ACCOUNT OF POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC NECESSITY, OR WHO HAVE ACQUIRED FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE PRINCIPLE OF JUS SOLI OR BYREASON OF BIRTH AND Filipino women who have lost their Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens may reacquire Philippine citizenship through repatriation WITHOUT RENOUNCING THEIR FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP.
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