4/20/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly (d) He must own real estate in the Philippines worth not less than five thousand pesos, Philippine currency, or must have some known lucrative trade, profession, or lawful occupation; (e) He must be able to speak and write English or Spanish and any of the principal languages; and (f) He must have enrolled his minor children of school age, in any of the public schools or private schools recognized by the Bureau of Private Schools of the Philippines where Philippine history, government and civic are taught or prescribed as part of the school curriculum, during the entire period of the residence in the Philippines required of him prior to the hearing of his petition for naturalization as Philippine citizen. [13] Section 4, Act 473, provides the following disqualifications: (a) He must not be opposed to organized government or affiliated with any association or group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized governments; (b) He must not be defending or teaching the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault, or assassination for the success and predominance of their ideas; (c) He must not be a polygamist or believer in the practice of polygamy; (d) He must not have been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; (e) He must not be suffering from mental alienation or incurable contagious diseases; (f) He must have, during the period of his residence in the Philippines (of not less than six months before filing his application), mingled socially with the Filipinos, or who have not evinced a sincere desire to learn and embrace the customs, traditions and ideals of the Filipinos; (g) He must not be a citizen or subject of a nation with whom the Philippines is at war, during the period of such war; (h) He must not be a citizen or subject of a foreign country whose laws do not grant Filipinos the right to become naturalized citizens or subjects thereof. [14] Section 1, R.A. 530. [15] Section 2, C.A. No. 63. [16] An Act Providing for the Ways in Which Philippine Citizenship May Be Lost or Reacquired (1936). [17] 1. The applicant must have lost his original Philippine citizenship by naturalization in a foreign country or by express renunciation of his citizenship (Sec. 1[1] and [2], https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/58613 8/25

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