Expenses and fees of the office of the civil registrar.
Section 14
SEC. 14. Expenses and fees of the office of the civil registrar.—All expenses in connection with the establishment of local civil registers shall be paid out of municipal funds, and for this purpose, municipal councils and boards shall make the necessary appropriations out of their available general funds. For the registration of documents and for certified copies of documents on file in the local civil registrar's office, fees shall be charged in accordance with the following schedule: For registration of a legitimation P2.00 For registration of an adoption 2.00 For registration of an annulment of marriage 10.00 For registration of a divorce 10.00 For registration of a naturalization 20.00 For registration of a change of name 2.00 For certified copies of any document in the register, for each one hundred words .20 The Civil Registrar-General or any local civil registrar may issue certified copies of documents free of charge for official use or at the request of a competent court. All fees collected for such purposes shall accrue to the general fund of the municipality concerned.