Senate passes bill on lifetime validity of birth, death, marriage certificates

Under the bill, a “birth certificate certified and issued by the PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) shall not expire and shall be considered valid at any time.”

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MANILA, Philippines — The Senate passed Monday a bill that seeks to make birth, death and marriage certificates valid for life and to put an end to the “unnecessary” practice by some government agencies and private institutions of requiring that these documents be issued in the past six months.

Voting 23-0 with no abstentions, senators approved Senate Bill No. 2450 which provides for the permanent validity of birth, death and marriage certificates issued, signed, certified or authenticated by the Philippine Statistics Authority and its predecessor, the National Statistics Office.

The bill, which has also been passed by the House of Representatives in April 2021, says that these documents will forever be valid “provided that the document remains intact, readable and still visibly contains the authenticity and security features.”

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