NewsWhore
02-09-2009, 06:10 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has authorized that birth certificates and other civil documents be issued regardless of whether there are minor mistakes in the registry books. The interested parties need now only to bring other documents with the correct information. Until this announcement, those needing a document had to obtain corrections through a lengthy and costly court procedure, costing upwards of RD$20,000 for the correction.
Jose Angel Aquino, Coordinator of the JCE's Commission of Civil Registries said, "because of the irregularities in the books and the lack of coordination between the first and second original registry books a person could be called Denis (spelled Deniss in one book and Denis in the second) and could have spent their whole lives being called Denis." He pointed to an example of a woman whose documents had her name spelled as "Mayra" in one book and "Maira," in a second book. He added that once the correction is accepted the offices will be notified so the incorrect documents are no longer issued. Many of the errors have happened in the process of digitalizing the civil registry information.
Aquino added that all new decisions by the JCE will be placed in a new book and given to the civil registries, so they know what is going on.
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Jose Angel Aquino, Coordinator of the JCE's Commission of Civil Registries said, "because of the irregularities in the books and the lack of coordination between the first and second original registry books a person could be called Denis (spelled Deniss in one book and Denis in the second) and could have spent their whole lives being called Denis." He pointed to an example of a woman whose documents had her name spelled as "Mayra" in one book and "Maira," in a second book. He added that once the correction is accepted the offices will be notified so the incorrect documents are no longer issued. Many of the errors have happened in the process of digitalizing the civil registry information.
Aquino added that all new decisions by the JCE will be placed in a new book and given to the civil registries, so they know what is going on.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)