Section 35September 7, 2007, Sec./Art. 35

The Provincial Civil Registrar. - (a) No person shall be appointed provincial civil registrar unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the province, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in civil registry work for at least five years.

The appointment of a provincial civil registrar shall be mandatory.

(b) The provincial civil registrar shall be responsible for the civil registration program in the province, pursuant to the Civil Registry Law, the Civil Code and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations issued to implement them.

The provincial civil registrar shall take charge of the office of the civil registry and shall:

(1) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the provincial governor, implement the same, particularly those which have to do with civil registry programs and projects which the provincial governor and the sanggunian is empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

(2) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the provincial civil registrar shall:

(i) Accept all registrable documents and judicial decrees affecting the civil status of persons;

(ii) File, keep and preserve in a secure place the books required by law;

(iii) Transcribe and enter immediately upon receipt all registrable documents and judicial decrees affecting the civil status of persons in the appropriate civil registry books;

(iv) Transmit to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General, within the prescribed period, duplicate copies of registered documents required by law;

(v) Issue certified transcripts or copies of any certificate or registered document upon payment of the prescribed fees to the provincial treasurer;

(vi) Receive applications for the issuance of a marriage license and, after determining that the requirements and supporting certificates and publication thereof for the prescribed period have been complied with, issue the license upon payment of the authorized fee to the provincial treasurer; and

(vii) Coordinate with the National Statistics Office in conducting educational campaigns for vital registration and assist in the preparation of demographic and other statistics for the province; and

(3) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.