4/14/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly infant was born; (f) and such other data may be required in the regulation to be issued. In the case of an exposed child, the person who found the same shall report to the local civil registrar the place, date and hour of finding and other attendant circumstances. In case of an illegitimate child, the birth certificate shall be signed and sworn to jointly by the parents of the infant or only the mother if the father refuses. In the latter case, it shall not be permissible to state or reveal in the document the name of the father who refuses to acknowledge the child, or to give therein any information by which such father could be identified. Any foetus having human features which dies after twenty four hours of existence completely disengaged from the maternal womb shall be entered in the proper registers as having been born and having died. (Underscoring provided) Generally, the entries recorded in the birth certificate: (1) the date and hour of birth; (2) the sex and nationality of the infant; (3) the names, citizens, and religion of parents; (4) the civil status of parents; and (5) the place where the infant was born, all correspond to facts existing at the time of birth as argued by the Republic. However, reading Article 407 of the Civil Code in conjunction with Article 412 of the Civil Code, even acts or events that occurred after birth may be recorded in the certificate of live birth. The reason is that Article 412 of the Civil Code uses the word "changed," which implies the occurrence of an event subsequent to birth may be recorded in the civil register. Articles 407 and 412 provide: ARTICLE 407. Acts, events and judicial decrees concerning the civil status of persons shall be recorded in the civil register. ARTICLE 412. No entry in a civil register shall be changed or corrected, without a judicial order. That an event occurring after birth may be recorded in the civil register was pronounced in Co v. The Civil Register,[58] a case cited by Winston Brian, Christopher Troy, and Jon Nicholas in support of their Petition before the trial court. In Co, Hubeti Tan Co was born on March 23, 1974 and his sister, Arlene Tan Co, was born on May 19, 1975. In their birth certificates, the nationality of their parents as entered in their birth certificates was "Chinese." Subsequently, Hubeti and Arlene's father, Co Boon Peng, applied for naturalization under Letter of Instruction No. 270. The application was granted, and Co Boon Peng was issued a Certificate of Naturalization on February 15, 1977.[59] Arguing that "the naturalization of [their] father in 1977 was an act or event affecting and concerning their civil status that must be recorded in the Civil Register,"[60] Hubert and Arlene filed a Petition to correct the citizenship of their father as entered in their birth certificates. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66236 7/20