[ Commonwealth Act No. 625, June 07, 1941 ]

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.

Be  it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines;  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 swim 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 o f the Philippines.SEC 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,  aid he shall  forward such statement together with his oath of allegiance, to the Civil Registry of Manila.SEC  3.  The civil registrar shall collect as filing fees of the statement,  the amount of ten pesos.SEC  4. The penalty of prision 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.SEC.  5. This Act shall  take effect upon its approval.Approved, June 7 1941.

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