PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 725 June 5, 1975
PROVIDING FOR REPATRIATION OF FILIPINO WOMEN
WHO HAD LOST THEIR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE TO ALIENS AND OF
NATURAL BORN FILIPINOS
WHEREAS, there are many Filipino women who had lost their Philippine Citizenship by marriage to aliens;
WHEREAS, while the new constitution allows a Filipino
woman who marries an alien to retain her Philippine citizenship unless
by her act or omission, she is deemed under the law to have renounced
her Philippine citizenship, such provision of the new Constitution does
not apply to Filipino women who had married aliens before said
Constitution took effect;
WHEREAS, the existing law (C.A. Nos. 63, as amended)
allows the repatriation of Filipino women who lost their citizenship by
reason of their marriage to aliens only after the death of their
husbands or the termination of their marital status; and
WHEREAS, there are natural born Filipinos who have
lost their Philippine citizenship but now desire to re-acquire
Philippine citizenship;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order that: 1) Filipino women who
lost their Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens; and (2) natural
born Filipinos who have lost their Philippine citizenship may require
Philippine citizenship through repatriation by applying with the Special
Committee on Naturalization created by Letter of Instruction No. 270,
and, if their applications are approved, taking the necessary oath of
allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines, after which they shall be
deemed to have reacquired Philippine citizenship. The Commission on
Immigration and Deportation shall thereupon cancel their certificate of
registration.
The aforesaid Special Committee is hereby authorized
to promulgate rules and regulations and prescribe the appropriate forms
and the required fees for the effective implementation of this Decree.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
