Section 56
SEC. 56. A cedula or certificate shall be issued to each person paying the tax prescribed in section fifty-four or that prescribed in section fifty-five, which shall contain an acknowledgment by the provincial secretary-treasurer of the amount received, the name of the person paying, his age, residence, place of nativity, his status—whether married or single—and his business or occupation. Upon the delivery to him of the cedula or certificate, he shall sign the same with his usual signature, in the presence of the collecting officer, who shall the signature. In case the taxpayer is unable to sign his name, then he shall identify himself by his usual mark similarly witnesses. The cedula or certificate of registration herein provided for may be used for purposes of identification, admitted in evidence, and must be presented by anyone liable to pay such tax whenever— (1) He appears in any court of the Archipelago, either as a suitor or as a witness in his own behalf in any civil proceeding; (2) He transacts any business with any public office or officer; (3) He pays any tax or receives money from any public funds; (4) He acknowledges any document before a notary public; (5) He assumes any public office, whether by appointment or by election; (6) He 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 thereto parties have presented their certificates of registration, or are exempt from the tax, and shall have entered in such certification the number, place of issue, and date of each certificate of registration: Provided, That in all cases when a notary public has not certified as above provided on any deed, contract, or other document acknowledged before him, any party having an interest therein may at any time appear before the treasurer of the proper province, who shall, upon the payment of the delinquent tax and the penalty due, if any, certify on such deed, contract, or other document that said tax and penalty have been paid, with the date of such payment, and the same shall thereupon be deemed to be valid to all intents and purposes and receivable in evidence.