Page 35 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 6. 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)