4/20/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 4) Those whose mothers are citizens of the Philippines and, upon reaching the age of majority, elected Philippine citizenship; and 5) Those who are naturalized in accordance with law. [3] An Act Providing for Reacquisition of Philippine Citizenship by Persons Who Lost Such Citizenship by Rendering Service To, or Accepting Commission In, the Armed Forces of the United States (1960). [4] Said provision reads: No person shall be a member of the House of Representatives unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines and, on the day of the election, is at least twenty-five years of age, able to read and write, and except the partylist representatives, a registered voter in the district in which he shall be elected, and a resident thereof for a period of not less than one year immediately preceding the day of the election. [5] Rollo, p. 36. [6] Id., at 69. [7] Id., at 13. [8] Article IV, Section 1. [9] I TOLENTINO, COMMENTARIES AND JURISPRUDENCE ON THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 188, 1990 Ed. [10] 1987 Constitution, Article IV, Section 2. [11] During the period under Martial Law declared by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, thousands of aliens were naturalized by Presidential Decree where the screening of the applicants was undertaken by special committee under Letter of Instructions No. 270, dated April 11, 1975, as amended. [12] Section 2, Act 473 provides the following qualifications: (a) He must be not less than 21 years of age on the day of the hearing of the petition; (b) He must have resided in the Philippines for a continuous period of not less than ten years; (c) He must be of good moral character and believes in the principles underlying the Philippine Constitution, and must have conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period of his residence in the Philippines in his relation with the constituted government and as well as with the community in which he is living; https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/58613 7/25