Published June 2, 2021, 7:35 PM
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 2 passed on third and final reading a bill ensuring the permanent validity of certificates of live birth, death and marriage in order to unburden citizens of the inconveniences and the unnecessary expenses of securing said certificates.
Voting 199 in the affirmative and zero in the negative, House Bill 9175 was approved on final reading.before the chamber declared a sine die adjournment.
HB 9175 consolidated six separate bills filed by various congressmen in their bid to make permanent the validity of certificates issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority and its predecessor, the now defunct National Statistics Office.
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PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar (Photo courtesy of Philippine Nati
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