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R.A. No. 9255 (a.k.a. Revilla Law)

AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 176 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"

Republic Act No. 9255 | 2004-02-24

Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila
 
Twelfth Congress
Third Regular Session
 
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-second day of July, two thousand three.
 
Republic Act No. 9255            
 
February 24 2004
 
AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 176 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
 
SECTION 1. Article 176...