Amending C.A. No. 63, as amended Re: Loss of Citizenship
Republic Act No. 2639, enacted on June 18, 1960, amends Commonwealth Act No. 63 regarding the loss of Philippine citizenship. It stipulates that a natural-born Filipino citizen who acquires citizenship from an Iberian or friendly democratic Ibero-American country will not lose their Philippine citizenship, provided that the foreign country's laws grant similar privileges to its citizens and there is a treaty between the Philippines and that country. This law aims to protect the citizenship status of individuals in specific international contexts. The Act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on September 19, 1960.
June 18, 1960
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2639
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP
SECTION 1. Section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered Sixty-three, as amended by Republic Act Numbered One hundred six, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
"The provisions of this section notwithstanding, the acquisition of citizenship by a natural born Filipino citizen from one of the Iberian and any friendly democratic Ibero-American countries shall not produce loss or forfeiture of his Philippine citizenship if the law of that country grants the same privilege to its citizens and such had been agreed upon by treaty between the Philippines and the foreign country from which citizenship is acquired." aisa dc
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 18, 1960
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 56, No. 38, p. 5852 on September 19, 1960.