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Every civil registrar shall be civilly responsible
for any unauthorized alteration made in any civil register,
to any person suffering damage thereby. However, the
civil registrar may exempt himself from such liability if he
proves that he has taken every reasonable precaution to
prevent the unlawful alteration. (n)
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