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    Commonwealth Act No. 142: An Act To Regulate The Use of Aliases

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    This document is the Commonwealth Act No. 142 from November 7, 1936 which regulates the use of aliases in the Philippines. It states that people cannot use names different from their given name unless it is a pseudonym for literary purposes. Anyone wanting to use an alias must apply for judicial permission and list all previously approved aliases on any documents. Violations of using unauthorized aliases are punishable by 1 to 6 months in prison.

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    This document is the Commonwealth Act No. 142 from November 7, 1936 which regulates the use of aliases in the Philippines. It states that people cannot use names different from their given name unless it is a pseudonym for literary purposes. Anyone wanting to use an alias must apply for judicial permission and list all previously approved aliases on any documents. Violations of using unauthorized aliases are punishable by 1 to 6 months in prison.

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    This document is the Commonwealth Act No. 142 from November 7, 1936 which regulates the use of aliases in the Philippines. It states that people cannot use names different from their given name unless it is a pseudonym for literary purposes. Anyone wanting to use an alias must apply for judicial permission and list all previously approved aliases on any documents. Violations of using unauthorized aliases are punishable by 1 to 6 months in prison.

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    Commonwealth Act No. 142: An Act To Regulate The Use of Aliases

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    November 7, 1936

    COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 142

    AN ACT TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALIASES

    SECTION 1.Except as a pseudonym for literary purposes, no person


    shall use any name different from the one with which he was christened or by
    which he has been known since his childhood, or such substitute name as
    may have been authorized by a competent court. The name shall comprise
    the patronymic name and one or two surnames. IcAaSD

    SECTION 2.Any person desiring to use an alias or aliases shall apply


    for authority therefor in proceedings like those legally provided to obtain
    judicial authority for a change of name. Separate proceedings shall be had for
    each alias, and each new petition shall set forth the original name and the
    alias or aliases for the use of which judicial authority has been obtained,
    specifying the proceedings and the date on which such authority was granted.
    Judicial authorities for the use of aliases shall be recorded in the proper civil
    register.
    SECTION 3.No person having obtained judicial authority to use an alias
    or aliases shall sign or execute any document without stating his real name
    and all aliases he may have been authorized to use.
    SECTION 4.Any violation of this act shall be punished with
    imprisonment for from one month to six months.
    SECTION 5.This Act shall take effect on its approval. DcCITS

    Approved, November 7, 1936.


    ||| (Regulation of Use of Aliases, Commonwealth Act No. 142, [November 7,
    1936])

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