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ANO ANG TALAANG SIBIL  (CIVIL  REGISTRATION) ?

Ang talaang sibil ay ang tuluy-tuloy, permanente, sapilitan at pangkalahatang pagtatala ng pangyayari at katangian nauukol sa populasyon ayon sa itinatadhana ng batas.

Ito ang pinakamahusay na mapagkukunan ng mahahalagang istatistika tulad ng live birth, death, fetal death, marriage, muslim divorce, annulment of marriage, judicial separation of marriage, adoption, legitimation at iba pa.

Ano ang mga batas na namamahala sa Talaang  Sibil?

• THE CIVIL REGISTRY LAW (ACT NO. 3753)

Ang pagpaparehistrong sibil sa Pilipinas ay naging sapilitan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatupad ng Batas sa Pagrerehistrong Sibil (Batas Blg. 3753) na inaprubahan noong Nobyembre 26, 1930 at nagsimula noong Pebrero 27, 1931.

• PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603 CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE

Ang lahat ng mga bata ay may karapatan sa mga pribilihiyong walang pagtatangi sa pagiging legitimate o illigitimate, kasarian, katayuan sa lipunan, relihiyon, at iba pang mga salik (factor). (Article 3)

• INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (INTERNATIONAL LAW)

Ang bata ay dapat na irehistro kaagad pagkatapos ng kapanganakan at may karapatan na mabigyan ng pangalan, karapatang makakuha ng nasyonalidad at karapatang alagaan ng kanyang mga magulang. (Article 7)

• COMMONWEALTH ACT 591 OF 1940 (AN ACT TO CREATE A BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS TO CONSOLIDATE STATISTICAL ACTIVITES OF THE GOVERNMENT THEREIN)

• PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 856 (CODE OF SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES APPROVED ON DECEMBER 23, 1975

• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209  THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

• COMMONWEALTH ACT 3613: MARRIAGE LAW

• Presidential Decree No. 1083: CODE OF MUSLIM PERSONAL LAWS

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9255 AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE, ARTICLE 176 OF "FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9858 (AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEGITIMATION OF CHILDREN BORN TO PARENTS BELOW MARRYING AGE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED)

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10625 (THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL ACT)

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 (LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE)

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9048 AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10172 (CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR LAW)

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10173  (DATA PRIVACY ACT of 2012) 

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11909 (July 28, 2022)

"Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage Act."

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PERMANENT VALIDITY OF THE CERTIFICATES OF LIVE BIRTH, DEATH, AND MARRIAGE ISSUED, SIGNED, CERTIFIED OR AUTHENTICATED BY THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY (PSA) AND ITS PREDECESSOR, THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE (NSO), AND THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRIES, AND THE REPORTS OF BIRTH, DEATH, AND MARRIAGE REGISTERED AND ISSUED BY THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SERVICE POSTS

PSA and or NSO-issued birth certificates DO NOT EXPIRE. It can be used still as a valid document for passport issuance, school requirements, and other benefits claim. Anyone who is found guilty of violating this law can be imprisoned for 1–6 months and a fine of not less than P5,000.

PROCLAMATION 682. Date Jan 27, 1991. A proclamation declaring FEBRUARY as the Civil Registration Month in the Philippines, emphasizing the importance of continuous and compulsory recording of births, deaths, marriages, and other civil status events for legal, administrative, and statistical purposes.