- Statute
- Philippine Family Code
- Article
- Art. 6
- Topic
- Statutory provision
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1987
The provision
No prescribed form or religious rite for the solemnization of the marriage is required. It shall be necessary, however, for the contracting parties to appear personally before the solemnizing officer and declare in the presence of not less than two witnesses of legal age that they take each other as husband and wife. This declaration shall be contained in the marriage certificate which shall be signed by the contracting parties and their witnesses and attested by the solemnizing officer. In case of a marriage in articulo mortis, when the party at the point of death is unable to sign the marriage certificate, it shall be sufficient for one of the witnesses to the marriage to write the name of said party, which fact shall be attested by the solemnizing officer. (55a)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
No particular form or religious rite is required to marry; what matters is that the couple appear in person before the solemnizing officer and, before at least two adult witnesses, declare that they take each other as husband and wife. That declaration goes into the marriage certificate signed by the couple, the witnesses, and the officer. If a party at the point of death cannot sign, a witness may write that party's name instead.
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