MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Jan 20 (PIA) -- The newly approved Free Birth Registration Act of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) calls for the establishment of a registration system in all of the barangays in the region.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) in the region and the Local Civil Registry Offices shall provide the implementation mechanism, training of personnel, and other activities with allocated funds for the establishment of the barangay registration system.
In addition, the municipal or city Local Civil Registrar (LCR) shall deputize the barangay chairpersons of remote and far-flung barangays to disseminate information on the importance and significance of on-time free birth registration.
The deputized barangay chairpersons, on the other hand, shall receive and hold accountable birth registration forms, cause and undertake the documentation process of free live birth registration for each new-born infant in their community, and facilitate the monthly regular transmittal of the birth registries to the municipal or city (LCR) for approval and issuance of the birth certificates.
The barangay registration system will be implemented within 30 days upon the enactment of the law.
RLA Bill No. 24 otherwise known as "An Act Establishing Free Birth Registration in the ARMM and Providing Funds thereof,” was approved and adopted by the ARMM seventh Regional Legislative Assembly on January 17. (APB/PIA-10)
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