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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 766
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AMENDING SectionS 2 AND 5 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 651, DATED JANUARY
31, 1975, ENTITLED "REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN
THE PHILIPPINES WHICH OCCURRED FROM JANUARY 1, 1974 AND THEREAFTER" AND
EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF REGISTRATION UP TO DECEMBER 31, 1975
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WHEREAS,
Sections 2 and 5 of Presidential Decree No. 651, requires unregistered
births and deaths which occurred from January 1, 1974 up to the date
when said decree becomes effective, to be registered in the Office of
the Local Civil Registrar of the place where the event occurred within
sixty (60) days from March 16 to May 16, 1975, without fine or fee of
any kind;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the same sections of said decree also provide that all births
and deaths occurring after the effectivity of said decree must be
registered within thirty (30) days from date of occurrence, without fee
or fine of any kind; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, due to the present difficulties in the Mindanao area and the
lack of facilities and communication to convey the relevance and
importance of the registration to the births and deaths, there is a
strong clamor for the extension of the period for the registration of
births and deaths beyond the period prescribed by P.D. 651;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the extension of the prescribed period of registration would
give more time for complete registration of births and deaths and
provides reliable sources of adequate vital statistics of the country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 651
is hereby amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 2. Period of Registration of births. — The
registration of the birth of babies referred to in the preceding
section including those unregistered births which occurred from March
17, 1975, to November 30, 1975, must be done until December 31, 1975,
without fine or fee of any kind. Babies born after November 30, 1975
and thereafter, must be registered within thirty (30) days from birth
without fine or fee of any kind by the attending physician, nurse,
midwife, hilot or hospital or clinic administrator or, in default of
the same, by either parent or a responsible member of the family or any
person who has knowledge of the birth.
"The parents or any responsible member of the family and the attendant
at birth or the hospital or clinic administrator referred to above
shall be jointly liable in case they fail to register the new born
child. If there was no attendant at birth, or if the child was not born
in a hospital or a maternity clinic, then the parents or responsible
member of the family alone shall be primarily liable in case of failure
to register the new born child."
Section 2. Section 5 of the same decree is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 5. Period of reporting and registration of
deaths. — The registration of deaths referred to in the preceding
Section including those unregistered deaths which occurred from March
17, 1975, to November 30, 1975, must be done until December 31, 1975,
without fine or fee of any kind. Deaths occurring November 30, 1975 and
thereafter, must be reported by the nearest responsible relative or any
person who has knowledge of the death within 48 hours after death to
the Local Health Officer of the place of death, who shall then issue
the corresponding certificate of death and order its registration in
the Office of the Local Civil Registrar within thirty (30) days after
death, without fee or fine of any kind. In case the deceased was
attended to by a physician, the latter must issue the necessary
certificate of death within 48 hours after death and submit the same to
the Local Health Officer of the place of death, who shall order its
registration in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar within the said
period of thirty (30) days after death, without fee or fine of any
kind." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The attending physician and responsible member of the family or person
who has knowledge of the death are jointly liable to report the death
to the Local Health Officer, for registration by the Local Civil
Registrar of the place of the death. If the deceased was not attended
by a physician or did not die in the hospital, the responsible member
of the family alone shall be responsible for failure to submit the
report of death to the Local Health Officer.
Section 3. The same decree is amended by adding the
following section immediately after Section 5 thereof, which read as
follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 5-A. Extension of Registration. — The
aforecited periods within which to register unregistered births and
deaths may be extended in meritorious cases by the Director-General of
the National Economic and Development Authority upon the recommendation
of the Civil Register-General."
Section 4. All laws or part of laws inconsistent
with this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this
8th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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