Section
1. The option to elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with
subsection (4), Section 1, Article IV, of the Constitution shall be
expressed in a statement to be signed and sworn to by the party
concerned before any officer authorized to administer oaths, and shall
be filed with the nearest civil registry. The said party shall
accompany the aforesaid statement with the oath of allegiance to the
Constitution and the Government of the Philippines. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec. 2. If the party concerned is absent from the Philippines, he may
make the statement herein authorized before any officer of the
Government of the United States authorized to administer oaths, and he
shall forward such statement together with his oath of allegiance, to
the Civil Registry of Manila.
Sec. 3. The civil registrar shall collect as filing fees of the statement, the amount of ten pesos.
Sec. 4. The penalty of prision correccional, or a fine not exceeding
ten thousand pesos, or both, shall be imposed on anyone found guilty of
fraud or falsehood in making the statement herein prescribed. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 7, 1941.
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