Page 36 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 7. Marriage may be solemnized by:

(1) Any incumbent member of the judiciary

within the court's jurisdiction;

(2) Any priest, rabbi, imam, or minister of any

church or religious sect duly authorized by

his church or religious sect and registered

with the civil registrar general, acting within

the limits of the written authority granted by

his church or religious sect and provided

that at least one of the contracting parties

belongs to the solemnizing officer's church

or religious sect;

(3) Any ship captain or airplane chief only in

the case mentioned in Article 31;

(4) Any military commander of a unit to

which a chaplain is assigned, in the absence

of the latter, during a military operation,

likewise only in the cases mentioned in

Article 32;