Article 3 of Decree-Law No. 53 of 2026 Promulgating the Law Regulating Procedures for Parentage and Name Correction Actions

We 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 than Deputy President of a Court. Its membership shall include a deputy chair whose rank is no lower than a first-grade judge or a member of the Public Prosecution of equivalent rank, and the Director of the Family Affairs Prosecution, represented by a member of that Prosecution Home Page 1245 Index of the Law Law of the Committee for Lineage Claims and Correction of Names Decree-Law No. 53 of 2026 Promulgating the Law Regulating Procedures for Lineage Claims and Correction of Names in his absence, and representatives of the following entities: 1- Ministry of Interior. 2- Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3- Ministry of Health. 4- Public Authority for Civil Information. Committee members shall be nominated by their employing entities in accordance with the procedures prescribed therein, and membership shall be for two years, renewable once. For a meeting of the Committee to be valid, a majority of its members must attend, including the chair or his deputy. Its decisions shall be issued by a majority of the votes of members present; if the votes are equal, the side including the chair shall prevail. The Committee may invite to its meetings persons whose opinions it considers appropriate to hear, without their having the right to vote.