4/14/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Naturalization—Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas co tend that Co long resolved the issue in the affirmative. The father in Co was naturalized under Letter of Instructions No. 270, the same presidential decree under which Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas' father applied for naturalization. Letter of Instructions No. 270, according to the Court in Co, is in pari materia with Section 15[53] of Commonwealth Act No. 473 or the Revised Naturalization Law, which automatically granted Philippine citizenship to the minor children of the naturalized Filipino under certain conditions. In their case, Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas argue that that they have established these essential facts: (1) that their father was naturalized under Letter of Instruction No. 270; (2) that they were born in the Philippines; and (3) that they were minors at the time their father was granted Philippine citizenship. Thus, pursuant to Letter of Instructions No. 270 in relation to Section 15 of Commonwealth Act No. 473, they should likewise be deemed Filipinos.[54] As to whether a proceeding should first be conducted by the Special Committee on Naturalization to determine whether Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas indeed satisfied the requirements for naturalization under Section 15 of Commonwealth Act No. 473, Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas argue that they never disputed the Special Committee on Naturalization's jurisdiction over administrative proceedings for acquiring Philippine citizenship.[55] However, they maintain that the issue of whether a proceeding should first be conducted is irrelevant in this case. Specifically for respondent Jon Nicolas, he effectively maintains that the Special Committee on Naturalization is already estopped from claiming that a proceeding should first be conducted since it actively participated as a witness for Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas before the trial court.[56] The consolidated Petitions for Review on Certiorari are denied. The Manila and Quezon City trial courts correctly granted the Petitions for Correction filed by Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas. I Births are among those events required to be entered in the civil register.[57] The certificate of live birth or birth certificate, a vital record contained in the birth and death register, establishes the fact of birth. The required entries in the certificate of live birth are provided in Section 5 of Act No. 3753, thus: SECTION 5. Registration and Certification of Births. — The declaration of the physician or midwife in attendance at the birth or, in default thereof, the declaration of either parent of the newborn child, shall be sufficient for the registration of a birth in the civil register. Such declaration shall be exempt from the documentary stamp tax and shall be sent to the local civil registrar not later than thirty days after the birth, by the physician, or midwife in attendance at the birth or by either parent of the newly born child. In such declaration, the persons above mentioned shall certify to the following facts: (a) date and hour of birth; (b) sex and nationality of infant; (c) names, citizenship, and religion of parents or, in case the father is not known, of the mother alone; (d) civil status of parents; (e) place where the https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66236 6/20