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CA 473 Section 4

Who are disqualified.

Section 4

Sec. 4. Who are disqualified. - The following can not be naturalized as Philippine citizens: Persons opposed to organized government or affiliated with any association or group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized governments; Persons defending or teaching the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault, or assassination for the success and predominance of their;ideas; Polygamists or believers in the practice of polygamy; . Persons convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude; Persons suffering from mental alienation or incurable contagious diseases; Persons who, during the period of their residence in the Philippines, have not mingled socially with the Filipinos, or who have not evinced a sincere desire to learn and embrace the customs, traditions, and ideals of the Filipinos; Citizens, or subjects of nations with whom the United States and the Philippines are at war, during the period of such war; Citizens or subjects of a foreign country other than the united States, whose laws do not grant Filipinos the right to become naturalized citizens or subjects thereof.

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CitationCA 473 Section 4 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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