What is the legal value of civil baptism?

Verified 10 April 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The civil baptism (also called civil sponsorship or republican patronage) is not provided for by no text and does not no obligation. This is a moral commitment orderly purely private.

Civil baptism is practiced in some town hallsbut they are not not obligated to celebrate it.

Civil baptism is not not recorded in civil registers and any evidence issued is of no legal value.

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It is a symbolic and secular ceremony to celebrate the birth of a child.

FYI  

parents may also designate a sponsor as guardians by will or by declaration before a notary.

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