Issuance of Civil Registry Documents; Reports of Philippine Foreign Service Posts.
Section 4
SECTION 4. Issuance of Civil Registry Documents; Reports of Philippine Foreign Service Posts. — The permanent validity herein declared notwithstanding, no person whose information on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events is registered in the civil registry, or the person's authorized representative, shall be prevented from securing a copy of civil registry documents in such number of prints or as often as necessary, subject to applicable payment of relevant fees prescribed by the PSA, the local civil registries and the Philippine Foreign Service Posts. The initial issuance of a certificate, request for replacement due to loss or damage, and reissuance upon presentation of a Certificate of Indigency from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), shall be free of charge: Provided, That the Certificate of Indigency shall be based on the DSWD Listahanan in the subsequent reissuances. This provision likewise applies to requests for the issuance of reports of birth, death, and marriage by the Philippine Foreign Service Posts.