[LEGAL ARTICLE]
Sex change is a term used to refer to medical procedures used to change a person's sex, including: psychological testing, sex reassignment surgery, hormone injections, orthopedic surgery … Transgender person is a person who has undergone a sex change. So, can transgender people change the information on their Citizenship ID card?
According to the provisions of Article 37 of the Civil Code 2015:
The sex change is done in accordance with the law;
Individuals who have changed sex have the right and obligation to register for a change of civil status in accordance with the law on civil status;
have moral rights in accordance with the converted gender as prescribed by this Code and other relevant laws.
According to the provisions of Point c, Clause 2, Article 3 of the Law on civil status 2014:
Allowing to record in the civil status book the re-determination of the individual's gender according to the decision of the competent State agency
Point d, Clause 1, Article 23 of the Law on Citizenship Identification 2014 stipulates the cases of exchange or re-issue of citizen identification cards:
In case of gender reassignment, hometown.

Thus, comparing the provisions of the law above, if you change your sex according to the provisions of the law, after completing it, you have the right and obligation to register to change the information on your citizen's identity according to the law. provisions of law.

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