RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 408
RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 408
Article 408
ART. 408. The following shall be entered in the civil register:
(1) Births;
(2) marriages;
(3) deaths;
(4) legal separations;
(5) annulments of marriage;
(6) judgments declaring marriages void from the beginning;
(7) legitimations;
(8) adoptions;
(9) acknowledgments of natural children;
(10) naturalization;
(11) loss, or
(12) recovery of citizenship;
(13) civil interdiction;
(14) judicial determination of filiation;
(15) voluntary emancipation of a minor; and
(16) changes of name. (326a)
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CitationRA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 408 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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