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2004-02-23 |
CALLEJO, SR., J. |
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| The petitioners contend that the trial court erred in holding that their petition was insufficient. They assert that contrary to the ruling of the trial court, they are qualified to claim the benefit of Section 15 of CA No. 473, which provides that minor children of persons naturalized thereunder who were born in the Philippines shall likewise be considered citizens thereof. They contend that although LOI No. 270, under which the petitioners' father was naturalized does not contain a provision similar to Section 15 of CA No. 473, the latter provision should be deemed incorporated therein. They point out that both laws have the same purpose and objective, i.e., to grant Philippine citizenship to qualified aliens permanently residing in the Philippines. The petitioners invoke the rule that statutes in pari materia are to be read together.[5] They posit that CA No. 473 and LOI No. 270 should be harmonized and reconciled since "all statutes relating to the same subject, or having the same general purpose, should be read in connection with it, and should be construed together as they constitute one law."[6] | |||||