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- Source: http://punto.com.ph/News/Article/22910/Volume-8-No-92/Headlines/span-style-color-rgb-255-0-0-span-style-text-decoration-underline--NEPO-ORDINACE-span--span-br-AC-poor-now-exempt-from-civil-registration-fees
- Saturday, June 27, 2015 10:23 pm
- By Ashley Manabat
ANGELES CITY – An ordinance that exempts poor Angeleños from paying fees charged by the City Civil Registrar’s Office was spearheaded by Councilor Bryan Matthew C. Nepomuceno.
During their June 9 regular session, the members of the city council unanimously approved an ordinance introduced by Nepomuceno exempting indigent residents of the city from paying the said fees.
Nepomuceno, a lawyer by profession, regularly gives free legal and notarial services to his poor constituents.
According to Nepomuceno, a large number of indigents who seek his advice and assistance have concerns regarding documents recorded with the local Civil Registrar such as their birth certificates, marriage contracts and the death certificates of their relatives.
Nepomuceno said in most cases, the solution to their problems merely requires them to request from the registrar or make amendments to their documents with the Civil Registry.
However, they cannot afford the fees being charged by the city registrar, he said.
It is for this reason, Nepomuceno said, that he drafted and introduced the said ordinance.
The ordinance (PO 807-11-14) exempts indigent residents of the city from paying the fees usually charged by the Civil Registrar.
Under the ordinance, those who wish to avail of the exemptions need only to present a certificate of indigency issued by the barangay captain of the area where they reside and a certificate of indigency issued by the City Social Welfare and Development Office.
Nepomuceno said the ordinance will benefit a lot of poor residents of Angeles and help establish their true identity and civil status.
Councilors Jerico Aguas, Edu Pamintuan, and Alex Indionco, as well as Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. co-sponsored the piece of legislation.