Rules and Regulations Governing Registration of Acts and Events Concerning Civil Status of Muslim Filipinos

As this document notes, in Rule 1, “Executive Order No. 157 issued on February 15, 1994 by the President of the Republic of the Philippines established the Civil Registration System for Muslim Filipinos.” As Rule 7, paragraph 1 states regarding birth registrations for Muslim Filipinos, “Regardless of the period of intra-uterine life of the fetus when born alive, however briefly, the birth of the child shall be recorded in the Register of Births as a live birth.”