44 NOTE: In the case of children under 13 years of age, it is sufficient to present the documents indicated in Nos. 1, 3 and 4 (the latter if the child is legitimate). When the person has already been declared, document No. 1 can be substituted by the certification of identity, with seven witnesses, that has been registered. […] CIVIL STATUS REGISTRY OFFICE OF THE SECOND CIRCUMSCRIPTION, N.D. OTHER OF THE LISTS OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LATE BIRTH REGISTRATION IN THE REGISTRY OFFICES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 109(22) Resolution No. 5/88 issued by the Central Electoral Board on June 8, 1988, establishes the following list of six requirements for late registration of birth of a person over 13 years of age:61 FIRST: In order to establish the truth of any late declaration of birth of a person over 13 years of age, it is decided that, in addition to the legal requirements, the applicant must previously have presented the following documents to the Civil Status Registrar: 1. Certification from the clinic or hospital where the child was born, recording the sex of the child, the date of birth, and the mother’s name; 2. Baptism certificate of the person whose birth is to be declared issued by the parish of the place of birth or of residence of the parents; if the person is not a Catholic, the certificate should be issued by the church of the religion practiced; 3. Identity card of the person whose birth is to be declared, if he/she has been issued with such a card; 4. Certification from the public or private school, stating the last school year attended by the person whose birth is to be declared; 5. Certification of the Registry Office of the jurisdiction where the birth occurred, stating that the birth of the person whose birth is the object of the late declaration has not been registered in that office, when the late registration is being made in a different place from that where the birth occurred, and 6. Sworn statement signed by three witnesses, over 50 year of age, testifying to the truth of the statements made by the person making the declaration. SECOND: The person who proposes to make the late declaration of birth should be at least 18 years older that the person whose birth will be declared, unless the declarer is the father or mother. Verification of this requirement will be based on the information on the declarer’s identity card. THIRD: With the exception of the identity card of the person whose birth is the object of the late declaration, the other documents indicated in this Resolution, as evidence of the truth of the declaration, must be filed by the respective Civil Status Registrar. 109(23) Resolution No. 5/99 issued by the Central Electoral Board on August 4, 1999, concerning late declarations of births recorded in the corresponding registers from 1965 to 1992, that have not been ratified by a ruling of the competent court, establishes that the parties concerned must present the following documents:62 1. 2. 3. Copies of the identity cards of the parents (or the person making the declaration), or a certification of these or of another document establishing the identity of these persons; Sworn declaration on form OC-25, to be signed before the respective Civil Status Registrar by the person concerned or his/her legal representative, and also by the witnesses to which it refers, attaching a copy of the latter’s identity cards, and Any other document that the respective Civil Status Registrar deems pertinent. 61 Cf. resolution No. 5/88 issued by the Central Electoral Board on June 8, 1988 (file of preliminary objections and possible merits and reparations, tome VI, folio 1557). 62 Cf. resolution of the Central Electoral Board No. 5/99 of August 4, 1999 (file of attachments to the final arguments brief of the State, attachment 19, folios 3886 to 3890).

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