Article 62-71

Cards (20)

  • ARTICLE 62
    Males above twenty but under twenty-five years of age, or females above eighteen but under twenty-three years of age, shall be obliged to ask their parents or guardian for advice upon the intended marriage. If they do not obtain such advice, or if it be unfavorable, the marriage shall not take place till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application for marriage license.
  • Article 62
    A sworn statement by the contracting parties to the effect that such advice has been sought, together with the written advice given, if any, shall accompany the application for marriage license. Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn declaration. 
  • ARTICLE 63
    The local civil registrar shall post during ten consecutive days at the main door of the building where he has his office a notice, the location of which shall not be changed once it has been placed, setting forth the full names and domiciles of the applicants for a marriage license and other information given in the application. This notice shall request all persons having knowledge of any impediment to the marriage to advise the local registrar thereof.
  • Article 63
    The license shall be issued after the completion of the publication, unless the local civil registrar receives information upon any alleged impediment to the marriage
  • ARTICLE 64
    Upon being advised of any alleged impediment to the marriage, the local civil registrar shall forthwith make an investigation, examining persons under oath. If he is convinced that there is an impediment to the marriage, it shall be his duty to withhold the marriage license, unless he is otherwise ordered by a competent court. 
  • Article 65
    The local civil registrar shall demand the previous payment of fees required by law or regulations for each license issued. No other sum shall be collected, in the nature of a fee or tax of any kind, for the issuance of a marriage license.
  • Article 65
    Marriage licenses shall be issued free of charge to indigent parties, when both male and female do not each own assessed real property in excess of five hundred pesos, a fact certified to, without cost, by the provincial treasurer, or in the absence thereof, by a statement duly sworn to by the contracting parties before the local civil registrar.
  • Article 65
    The license shall be valid in any part of the Philippines; but it shall be good for no more than one hundred and twenty days from the date on which it is issued and shall be deemed cancelled at the expiration of said period if the interested parties have not made use of it.
  • ARTICLE 66
    When either or both of the contracting parties are citizens or subjects of a foreign country, it shall be necessary, before a marriage license can be obtained, to provide themselves with a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage, to be issued by their respective diplomatic or consular officials.
  • ARTICLE 67
    The marriage certificate in which the contracting parties shall state that they take each other as husband and wife,
  • Article 67
    shall also contain:
    (1) The full names and domiciles of the contracting parties;
    (2) The age of each;
    (3) A statement that the proper marriage license has been issued according to law and that the contracting parties have the consent of their parents in case the male is under twenty or the female under eighteen years of age; and
    (4) A statement that the guardian or parent has been informed of the marriage, if the male is between the ages of twenty and twenty-five years, and the female between eighteen and twenty-three years of age
  • Consent
    Male - 18-20yrs old
    Female - 18yrs old
  • Advice
    Male - 21-24yrs old
    female - 19-22yrs old
  • kinds of impediments
    Bigamous - Dalawa o may asawa na ikakasal ulit
    Polygamous - Many o maraming asawa higit sa dalawa
    Incestuous - blood related or relatives na hindi 4th degree
  • ARTICLE 68
    It shall be the duty of the person solemnizing the marriage to furnish to either of the contracting parties one of the three copies of the marriage contract referred to in article 55, and to send another copy of the document not later than fifteen days after the marriage took place to the local civil registrar concerned, whose duty shall be to issue the proper receipt to any person sending a marriage contract solemnized by him, including marriages of an exceptional character.
  • Article 68
    The official, priest, or minister solemnizing the marriage shall retain the third copy of the marriage contract, the marriage license and the affidavit of the interested party regarding the solemnization of the marriage in a place other than those mentioned in article 57 if there be any such affidavit, in the files that he must keep.
  • marriages of an exceptional character
    1. Marriages in articulo mortis: These are marriages performed when one or both parties are at the point of death.
    2. Marriages in remote places: When the residence of either party is so remote that it is difficult to obtain a marriage license.
    3. Marriages among Muslims or members of ethnic cultural communities: These marriages are governed by their own customs and traditions
  • ARTICLE 69
    It shall be the duty of the local civil registrar to prepare the documents required by this Title, and to administer oaths to all interested parties without any charge in both cases.
    The documents and affidavits filed in connection with applications for marriage licenses shall be exempt from the documentary stamp tax.
  • ARTICLE 70
    The local civil registrar concerned shall enter all applications for marriage licenses filed with him in a register book strictly in the order in which the same shall be received. He shall enter in said register the names of the applicants, the date on which the marriage license was issued, and such other data as may be necessary.
  • ARTICLE 71
    All marriages performed outside the Philippines in accordance with the laws in force in the country where they were performed, and valid there as such, shall also be valid in this country, except bigamous, polygamous, or incestuous marriages as determined by Philippine law.