Page 29 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 3. The formal requisites of marriage

are:

(1) Authority of the solemnizing officer;

(2) A valid marriage license except in the cases

provided for in Chapter 2 of this Title; and

(3) A marriage ceremony which takes place

with the appearance of the contracting parties

before the solemnizing officer and their

personal declaration that they take each other

as husband and wife in the presence of not

less than two witnesses of legal age. (53a, 55a)

Article 4. The absence of any of the essential or

formal requisites shall render the marriage void

ab initio, except as stated in Article 35 (2). A

defect in any of the essential requisites shall not

affect the validity of the marriage but the party

or parties responsible for the irregularity shall