Section 125
SEC. 125. The certificate of registration provided for in this article may be used for purposes of identification, admitted in evidence, and used for all the purposes to which the "cedulas personales" were put under the Spanish laws. Any person required by law to possess a certificate of registration who does not possess one for the proper year shall not be allowed lo vote in any ejection for public officers in the Philippine Islands. The certificates of registration shall be presented by the holder thereof whenever lie or she (a) appears in any court in any capacity whatever, (b) transacts any business with any public oilier or officer, (c) pays any taxes or receives money from any public funds, (d) acknowledges any document before a notary public, (e) assumes any public office whether by appointment or by election. (f) receives any license, certificate, or permit from any public authority. No contract, deed, or other document acknowledged before a notary public shall be valid or be recognized by any court unless the notary shall have certified thereon that the certificates of registration of all of the parties thereto have been presented to him and shall have entered in such certificate the number, place of issue, and date of each such certificate.