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Commonwealth Act No. 473 Provision Proposed Amendment Reason For Amendmet

The document proposes amendments to Commonwealth Act No. 473 regarding citizenship qualifications. Key proposed changes include: 1. Lowering the minimum age requirement from 21 to 18 years old to align with the age of majority. 2. Increasing the minimum property value requirement from 5,000 pesos to 1 million pesos to account for inflation. 3. Requiring applicants to be able to speak and write in Filipino to promote the national language. 4. Removing the special qualification of being married to a Filipino woman to prevent sham marriages for citizenship. 5. Adding a special qualification for foundlings born in the Philippines to recognize them under law.

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Commonwealth Act No. 473 Provision Proposed Amendment Reason For Amendmet

The document proposes amendments to Commonwealth Act No. 473 regarding citizenship qualifications. Key proposed changes include: 1. Lowering the minimum age requirement from 21 to 18 years old to align with the age of majority. 2. Increasing the minimum property value requirement from 5,000 pesos to 1 million pesos to account for inflation. 3. Requiring applicants to be able to speak and write in Filipino to promote the national language. 4. Removing the special qualification of being married to a Filipino woman to prevent sham marriages for citizenship. 5. Adding a special qualification for foundlings born in the Philippines to recognize them under law.

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Commonwealth Act No.

473 Proposed Amendment Reason For Amendmet


provision
Section 2. Qualifications. x x Section 2. Qualifications. x x The intention of the law is to
x x allow only those who attained
the age of majority to be
xxxx xxxx qualified to not be less than
twenty-one years of age on the
First. He must not be less First. He must not be less day of the hearing of the not
than twenty-one years of age than eighteen years of age on be less than twenty-one years
on the day of the hearing of the day of the he First. He of age on the day of the
the petition; must not be less than twenty- hearing of the not be less than
one years of age on the day of twenty-one years of age on the
xxxx the hearing of the petition; day of the hearing of the not
First. He must not be less be less than twenty-one years
than twenty-one years of age of age on the day of the
on the day of the hearing of hearing of the become a
the petition; citizen of the Philippines.
aring of the petition; However, by virtue of
Republic Act No. 6809, the
xxxx age of majority commences at
the age of eighteen. Thus, it is
only reasonable to change
such qualification to allow
those who are already eighteen
years of age to become
citizens of the Philippines.
Section 2. Qualifications. x x Section 2. Qualifications. x x The prescribed monetary
x x value in the law is outdated.
The value of ₱ Philippines.
xxxx xxxx However, by virtue of
Republic Act No. 6809, the
Fourth. He must own real Fourth. He must own real age of majority commences at
estat First. He must not be estate in the Philippines worth the age of eighteen. Thus, it
less than twenty-one years of not Philippines. However, by Philippines. However, by
age on the day of the hearing virtue of Republic Act No. virtue of Republic Act No.
of the petition; 6809, the age of majority 6809, the age of majority
ve in the Philippines worth not commences at the age of commences at the age of
less than five thousand pesos, eighteen. Thus, it Philippines. eighteen. Thus, it Philippines.
Philippine currency, or must However, by virtue of However, by virtue of
have some known lucrative Republic Act No. 6809, the Republic Act No. 6809, the
trade, profession, or lawful age of majority commences at age of majority commences at
occupation; the age of eighteen. Thus, it the age of eighteen. Thus, it
less than one million pesos, 5,000.00 in 1939 (the year
xxxx Philippine currency, or must when the law was approved) is
have some known lucrative more or less ₱1,000,000.00 in
trade, profession, or lawful present time (such increase is
occupation; based on Republic Act No.
10951, which increased the
xxxx monetary value of the penalty
found in the Revised Penal
Code of 1930). Thus it is
reasonable to increase the
monetary requirement for the
real estate owned by the
person qualified to become a
citizen of the Philippines.
Section 2. Qualifications. x x Section 2. Qualifications. x x As a bonafide citizen of the
x x Philippines, and to promote
our own language, it must be a
xxxx xxxx qualification that he or she,
regardless of whatever
Fifth. He must be able to Fifth. He must be able to language he or she knows,
speak First. He must not be speak and First. He must not must be able to speak and
less than twenty-one years of be less than twenty-one years write in Filipino.
age on the day of the hearing of age on the day of the
of the petition; hearing of the petition;
First. He must not be less First. He must not be less
than twenty-one years of age than twenty-one years of age
on the day of the hearing of on the day of the hearing of
the petition; the petition;
and write English or Spanish write [delete] in any one of
and any one of the principal the principal Philippine
Philippine languages; and languages; and

xxxx
xxxx
Section 3. Special Section 3. Special It is my opinion that such
qualifications. x x x qualifications. x x x special qualification should be
deleted to prevent those fixed
xxxx xxxx marriages just to speed up the
process of becoming a Filipino
3. Being married to a Filipino [deleted] Citizen
woman

xxxx xxxx
Section 3. Special Section 3. Special I am in the opinion that this is
qualifications. x x x qualifications. x x x the place wherein foundlings
can finally be recognized and
1. Having honorably held 1. Having honorably held be put into law. They too
office under the office under the should be allowed to be
Government of the Government of the naturalized and have a special
Philippines or under Philippines or under qualification as those born in
that of any of the that of any of the the Philippines.
provinces, cities, provinces, cities,
municipalities, or municipalities, or
political subdivisions political subdivisions
thereof; thereof;
2. Having established a 2. Having established a
new industry or new industry or
introduced a useful introduced a useful
invention in the invention in the
Philippines; Philippines;
3. Being married to a 3. Being married to a
Filipino woman; Filipino woman;
4. Having been engaged 4. Having been engaged
as a teacher in the as a teacher in the
Philippines in a public Philippines in a public
or recognized private or recognized private
school not established school not established
for the exclusive for the exclusive
instruction of children instruction of children
of persons of a of persons of a
particular nationality particular nationality
or race, in any of the or race, in any of the
branches of education branches of education
or industry for a period or industry for a period
of not less than two of not less than two
years; years;
5. Having been born in 5. Having been born in
the Philippines. the Philippines.
6. Having been a
foundling in the
Philippines

Cayetano, Jan Stephen Gerard


2018-1-003125

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