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Leila de Lima will hold her punches until the Department of Justice (DOJ) acts on a
criminal complaint linking her to the illegal drug trade filed by an anticrime group.
The DOJ is expected to summon De Lima and seven others to appear early this
month at the start of preliminary hearings by state prosecutors to determine if there
is probable cause to file charges against them in court.
I will just wait for the summons and act accordingly, De Lima said in a text
message from Iriga City where she was spending the All Saints Day break with her
family.
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The complaint was filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC)
based on testimonies of witnesses who accused De Lima of involvement in the drug
trade at New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) when she was DOJ Secretary.
The VACC cited testimonies of former Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) officer in charge
Rafael Ragos and NBP inmate Herbert Colanggo, who told a House of
Representatives hearing that De Lima appointed officials to the national
penitentiary as drug protectors and collected drug money to fund her senatorial bid.
Others expected to be called to the DOJ hearings are former Justice Undersecretary
Francisco Baraan III, former BuCor Director Franklin Bucayu, De Limas former
security aides Ronnie Dayan, Joenel Sanchez and Jose Adrian Dera, Bucayus former
staffer Col. Wilfredo Ely and inmate Jaybee Sebastian.
De Lima has denied the allegations, saying she has nothing to do with the drug
trade. She also expressed doubts on the DOJs impartiality, noting that Justice
Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II was among her chief accusers.
De Lima already has a legal defense team but has refused to reveal other details
upon her lawyers advice.
She is also putting together a legal offensive against her accusers, including
impleading no less than President Duterte before the Supreme Court.
Mr. Duterte, who has a long-running conflict with De Lima that started with her
investigation of his human rights record as Davao City Mayor, was the first to bare
drug allegations against de Lima.
Mr. Dutertes allegations against the De Lima in August came after she initiated a
Senate inquiry into the spate of killings under the Presidents antidrug campaign. De
Lima was removed as chair of the investigating committee halfway through the
proceedings.

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Republic Act No. 10172 Correction of Clerical and Typographical Errors in

Month and Date of Birth and Sex of a Person Appearing in Civil Register
January 26, 2013
Tags: change of gender, clerical error, correction of date of birth, correction of
sex, petition for correction of entry, philippine laws, RA 10172, typographical error
President Benigno S. Aquino III recently signed into law Republic Act No. 10172
entitled An Act Further Authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the
Consul General to Correct Clerical or Typographical Errors in the Day and Month in
the Date of Birth or Sex of a Person Appearing in the Civil Register Without Need of
a Judicial Order Amending for this Purpose Republic Act Numbered Ninety FortyEight. The said law amended Republic Act No. 9048, particularly Section 1 thereof
and now allows the concerned city or municipal civil registrar or consul general
to change or correct without a judicial order, clerical or typographical errors and
change of first name or nickname, the day and month in the date of birth or sex of a
person where it is patently clear that there was a clerical or typographical error or
mistake in the entry.
Whereas before it was only clerical or typographical errors and change in the first
name or nickname of a person which may be changed or corrected by a city or
municipal civil registrar or consul general without a judicial order, RA 10172 now
allows changes or corrections in the month and date of birth and sex of a person,
even without the person petitioning the court.
WHAT IS A CLERICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR?
As defined under RA 10172, a clerical or typographical error refers to a mistake
committed in the performance of clerical work in writing, copying, transcribing or
typing an entry in the civil register that is harmless and innocuous, such as
misspelled name or misspelled place of birth, mistake in the entry of day and month
in the date of birth or the sex of the person or the like, which is visible to the eyes or
obvious to the understanding, and can be corrected or changed only by reference to
other existing record or records: Provided, however, That no correction must involve
the change of nationality, age, or status of the petitioner.
FORM AND CONTENTS

So how do you apply for a correction under RA 10172?

The law states that a petition for correction of a clerical or typographical error, or for
change of first name or nickname, as the case may be, shall be in the form of an
affidavit, subscribed and sworn to before any person authorized by law to
administer oaths. The affidavit shall set forth facts necessary to establish the merits
of the petition and shall show affirmatively that the petitioner is competent to
testify to the matters stated. The petitioner shall state the particular erroneous
entry or entries, which are sought to be corrected and/or the change sought to be
made.
The petition shall be supported with the following documents:
(1) A certified true machine copy of the certificate or of the page of the registry
book containing the entry or entries sought to be corrected or changed;
(2) At least two (2) public or private documents showing the correct entry or entries
upon which the correction or change shall be based; and
(3) Other documents which the petitioner or the city or municipal civil registrar or
the consul general may consider relevant and necessary for the approval of the
petition.
Also, a petition for correction of erroneous entry concerning the date of birth or the
sex of a person should be accompanied by earliest school record or earliest school
documents such as, but not limited to, medical records, baptismal certificate and
other documents issued by religious authorities;
Moreover, any entry involving change of gender must be accompanied by a
certification issued by an accredited government physician attesting to the fact that
the petitioner has not undergone sex change or sex transplant. The petition for
change of first name or nickname, or for correction of erroneous entry concerning
the day and month in the date of birth or the sex of a person, as the case may be,
shall be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation.
Furthermore, the petitioner shall submit a certification from the appropriate law
enforcements, agencies that he has no pending case or no criminal record.
The petition and its supporting papers shall be filed in three (3) copies to be
distributed as follows: first copy to the concerned city or municipal civil registrar, or
the consul general; second copy to the Office of the Civil Registrar General; and
third copy to the petitioner.