Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila

EN BANC

G.R. No. L-20811             July 26, 1966

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADMISSION TO PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP.
JULIO LIM alias JUAN TAN alias JULIONG LIM, petitioner and appellee,
vs.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor and appellant.

Office of the Solicitor General Arturo A. Alafriz, Assistant Solicitor General F. R. Rosete and Solicitor J. M. Lantin for oppositor and appellant.
Alfonso L. Penaco for petitioner and, appellee.

SANCHEZ, J.:

The judgment below found that petitioner is entitled to Philippine citizenship. The State appealed. Upon three grounds, judgment must be reversed.1äwphï1.ñët

Petitioner's average income is P300.00 a month. His monthly income at the time of the filing of his petition was but P250.00. Decidedly, both are notches below the level of the lucrative. Even where petitioner is single, P3,600.00-a-year income fails of the statutory requirement.1 Petitioner with a wife and 4 children is certainly in a worse position.

Petitioner bears a number of names: Julio Lim, Juan Tan and Juliong Lim. He also signs his name as Julio Y. Lim.2 In his check up certificate [NICA] dated August 31, 1953 3 he is also known as Juliong Tan. Petitioner's use of these divers names is without judicial authorization and is a violation of Section 1 of Commonwealth Act 142 regulating the use of aliases.4

Worse, he adduced no evidence as to his actual name appearing in the civil register, although he was born in Malitbog, Leyte. The name appearing in the civil register for legal purposes is a person's real name.5 We rule that absence of sufficient evidence of true name will bar grant of citizenship.

Judgment reversed; petition denied. Costs against petitioner. So ordered.

Concepcion, C.J., Reyes, J.B.L., Barrera, Dizon, Regala, Makalintal, Bengzon, J.P., Zaldivar and Castro, JJ., concur.

Footnotes

1Uy vs. Republic, L-20208, June 30, 1965; Tan vs. Republic, L-19694, March 30, 1965.

2Record, pp. 12, 31.

3Exh. 1.

4Wayne Chang vs. Republic, L-20713, April 29, 1966; citing Teen Eng Lee vs. Republic, L-17918, November 28, 1962.

5Ng Yao Siong vs. Republic, L-20306, March 31, 1966, citing Chomi vs. Local Civil Registrar of Manila, 52 O.G. No. 15, pp. 6541, 6543.
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