Presidential Decree No. 856

Code of Sanitation of the Philippines

SEC. 91. Burial Requirement – The burial of remains is subject to the following requirements:
a. No remains shall be buried without a death certificate. This certificate shall be issued by the attending physicians. If there has been no physician in attendance, it shall be issued by the mayor, the secretary of the municipality where the death occurred. The death certificate shall be forwarded to the Local Civil Register within 48 hours after death.

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CIVIL REGISTRATION
LAWS & ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS

Republic Act No. 10172 - An act further authorizing theCity or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul-General to correct clerical or typographical errors in the day and month in the date of birth or sex of a person appearing the civil register without need of a judicial order, amending for this purpose Republic Act numbered 9048.

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Republic Act No. 9858 - An act providing for the legitimation of children born to parents below marrying age, amending for the purpose the Family Code of the Philippines, as amended.

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Republic Act No. 9255 – An Act Allowing Illegitimate Children to use the Surname of their Father, Amending for the purpose Article 176 of Executive order 209 Otherwise Known as the Family code of the Philippines.

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REVISED IRR (ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1, Series of 2016)

Republic Act No. 9048 - An act that authorizes the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul-General to correct a typographical error in an entry and/or change of first name or nickname in the civil register without need of a judicial order.

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Presidential Decree No. 1083 - A decree to ordain and promulgate a code recognizing the system of Filipino Muslim laws, codifying Muslim personal laws and providing for its administration and for other purposes.

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Presidential Decree No. 856
Code of Sanitation of the Philippines

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Act No. 3753
Law on Registry of Civil Status

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Act No. 3613
The Marriage Law

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Administrative Order No. 3, Series of 2004 - AO No. 3 governs the procedures and guidelines for the effective and efficient civil registration of births, marriages, dissolution of marriages, revocation of dissolution of marriages and deaths of indigenous peoples including legal instruments concerning civil status of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)/Indigenous Peoples (IPs).

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