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 of the Central Bureau and the chief of the bureau or his assistant, attached thereto.

Note III. The registers shall be kept in accordance with the forms prescribed in the present article, until such time as new forms shall have been worked out by the Central Bureau.

8. Every document relating to a person's civil status or domestic relations shall be entered in the proper register and shall have a number assigned to it. The annual numeration of every register shall be consecutive.

9. No altering or erasure of words or sentences shall be permitted in the register kept for the recording of documents relating to civil status and domestic relations. Insertions and corrections shall be permitted, provided a clause to that effect shall be appended at the close of the document and the signatures of the parties thereto shall be attached to the same. Alterations shall be made by drawing a thin line across erroneous or superfluous words in such manner that they may still be legible.

10. Each document recorded in the register kept at the local bureau shall be signed by the official making the entry in the register, by the person furnishing the information contained in the document, and by the witnesses, in case the presence of the latter shall be required for the attestation of the said document.

11. Each document recorded in the register, prior to its being signed by the persons mentioned in the previous section, shall be read to them by