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Palanca vs. Republic of the Philippines

CARLOS PALANCA, petitioner-appellee, vs. THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, movant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-301 | 1948-04-07

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J:

In 1941 Carlos Palanca applied for citizenship under the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 473. Hearing on the petition was held but no decree was entered because the Pacific War supervened. On 11 September 1944, the Court of First Instance of Manila under the Japanese sponsored Republic of the Philippines entered a decree granting the petition upon the evidence heard before the outbreak of the war. However, the petitioner did not take the prescribed oath as a condition precedent to the issuance of the certificate of naturalization. After the reconstitution of the record of the proceedings which had been...