Decree-Law No. 53 of 2026 Promulgating the Law Regulating Procedures for Parentage and Name Correction Actions

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Article 1In applying the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meaning indicated opposite each: Committee: The Committee for Lineage Claims…
Article 2The provisions set forth in the personal status laws shall apply to applications concerning direct and indirect lineage insofar as no provision is made in this Law and…
Article 3We form at the Ministry of Justice a permanent committee called the (Committee for Lineage Claims and Correction of Names), chaired by a judge whose rank is no lower…
Article 4The Committee shall have exclusive competence to consider the following applications: 1- An application to establish or deny direct lineage. 2- An application to…
Article 5The Committee shall have a secretary from among the personnel of the Ministry of Justice and a secretariat from among the Ministry's employees to assist it in…
Article 6A sufficient number of legal researchers shall assist the Committee in researching, studying, and investigating applications submitted to it. Members of the Family…
Article 7In exercising its functions, the Committee may take such decisions and measures as it considers necessary. In particular, it may summon the applicant and anyone…
Article 8An action concerning parentage shall not be admitted unless preceded by an investigation conducted by the Committee into an application to establish or deny direct…
Article 9The court registry shall, at the request of the person concerned and after payment of the prescribed fees, set a hearing for consideration of the action before the…
Article 10An application to establish or deny indirect lineage shall be submitted to the Committee by the person concerned or his legal representative, containing a full statement…
Article 11An application for correction or change of name shall be submitted to the Committee by the person concerned or his legal representative. A personal name may not be…
Article 12The name of an ascendant or the surname may not be corrected or changed, nor may a new surname be added or an existing surname deleted. Home Page Index of the Law 1247…
Article 13The Committee shall decide the applications submitted to it pursuant to the provisions of Articles (10), (12), (11) of this Law, giving brief reasons. Its decisions…
Article 14A grievance may be lodged against the Committee's decisions declaring inadmissible or rejecting an application to establish or deny indirect lineage, or an application…
Article 15The decision issued by the Grievance Committee approving an application to establish or negate indirect lineage, correct or change a name, or add or delete a surname…
Article 16An application previously submitted to the Committee concerning the same subject and on which it has issued a decision shall not be accepted, unless facts or evidence…
Article 17A fee of (150) dinars shall be imposed on applications for the establishment or denial of indirect parentage, and a fee of (50) dinars shall be imposed on applications…
Article 18Anyone who gives false information orally or in writing, knowing it to be untrue, before the Committee or the Grievance Committee, or before the competent court when the…
Article 19Ministries and administrative entities shall implement the decisions issued by the Committee and the Grievance Committee unless their implementation entails affecting…