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1)
The Civil Registrar shall be responsible for the civil
registration program in the local government
unit concerned, pursuant to the Civil Registry Law, the Civil
Code, and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations issued to
implement them;
2)
Develop plans and strategies and upon approval
thereof by the mayor, implement the same; particularly those
which have to do with civil registry programs and projects which
the mayor is empowered to implement and which the sanggunian
is empowered to provide for under the Code;
3)
Accept all remittable documents and judicial decrees
affecting the civil status of persons;
4)
File, keep and preserve in a secure place the books
required by laws;
5)
Transcribed and enter immediately upon receipt all
remittable documents and judicial decrees affecting the civil
status of persons in the appropriate civil registry books;
6)
Transmit to the office of the Civil Registrar-General,
within the prescribed period, duplicate copies of registered
documents required by law;
7)
Issue certified transcripts or copies of any certificate
or registered documents upon payment of the prescribed fees to
the treasurer;
8)
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 treasurer;
9)
National Statistics Office in conducting educational
campaigns for vital registration and assist in the preparation
of demographic and other statistics for the local government
unit concerned; and
10)
Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties
and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
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