PD 650 Section 6

Confidentiality of census data.

Section 6

SEC. 6. Confidentiality of census data. — Data furnished the National Census and Statistics Office shall not be used as evidence in any court or public office, either as evidence for or against any individual; nor shall such data be divulged to any person except to authorized employees of the National Census and Statistics Office, acting in the performance of their duties; nor shall such data be published except in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no reference to an individual shall appear. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.

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CitationPD 650 Section 6 (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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