PROVIDING FOR REPATRIATION OF FILIPINO WOMEN WHO HAD LOST THEIR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE TO ALIENS AND OF NATURAL BORN FILIPINOS.

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 reacquire
Philippine citizenship through repatriation by applying with the Special
Committee on Naturalization created by Letter of Instructions 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.