Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Permanent Validity.

The certificates of live birth, death, and marriage issued, signed, certified, or authenticated by the PSA and its predecessor, the NSO, and the local civil registries shall have permanent validity regardless of the date of issuance and shall be recognized and accepted in all government or private transactions or services requiring submission thereof, as proof of identity and legal status of a person:Provided, That the document remains intact, readable, and still visibly contains the authenticity and security features:Provided, further, That this is without prejudice to an administrative or judicial correction that may be conducted pursuant to Republic Act No. 9858entitled, "An Act Providing for the Legitimation of Children Born to Parents Below Marrying Age, Amending for the Purpose the Family Code of the Philippines, as Amended; Republic Act No. 9048 entitled, An Act Authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul General to Correct a Clerical or Typographical Error in an Entry and/or Change of First Name or Nickname in the Civil Register without the Need of a Judicial Order, Amending for this Purpose Articles 376 and 412 of the Civil Code of the Philippines";Republic Act No. 10172 entitled, An Act Further Authorizing the City or Municipal Civl 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 Cicil Register without Need of a Judicial Order, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numnered Ninety Forty-Eight; and Republic Act No. 9255 entitled, An Act Allowing Illigitimate Children to Use the Surname of their Father, Amending for the Purpose Article 176 of Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines,or in accordance with other existing laws, rules and regulations, and judicial decrees:Provided, finally, That the permanent validity of the Certificate of Marriage is applicable only in an instance where the marriage has not been judicially decreed annulled or declared voidab initioas provided for under the Family Code of the Philippinesor any subsequent amendatory law on marriage.

In cases when the texts on the certificate appear illegible, or an administrative correction or a judicial decree has been approved, the concerned person shall thus submit the new, amended, or updated certificate.

This provision likewise applies to reports of birth, death, or marriage registered and issued by the Philippine Foreign Service Posts, and transmitted to the PSA.ℒαwρhi৷