The Municipal code and the Provincial government act, being Act no. 82, entitled "A general act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine islands", and Act no. 83, entitled "A general act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine islands" as amended by the acts of the Philippine commission down to and including May 31, 1905, revised and codified by the Committee on revision and codification appointed by the governor-general. Published by authority of the Philippine commission.

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person solemnizing the marriage, that they take each other as
husband and wife.
carriage certifi- SEC. VII. The person solemnizing a marriage must make and
cates.
sign a certificate, showing:
-contents. 1. The real and full names of the parties and their places of
residence.
2. Their ages.
3. The consent of the father, mother, or guardian, or of one
having the charge of such person, if any such be given, if the male
or the female be under the age of twenty-one. For the purpose of
ascertaining these facts, the person solemnizing the marriage is
authorized to examine parties and witnesses on oath and receive
affidavits, and he must state such facts in his certificate. The
marriage shall not be performed in case of nonage, unless the
consent hereinbefore required shall be personally given, by the
parent or guardian or person having charge of the infant, or
certified in writing over his or her signature, attested by two or
more subscribing witnesses, and proved by the oath of one of them.
Persons solem- SEC. VIII. The person solemnizing the marriage must, at the
nizing marriages.
request of either party, make a certified copy of the certificate,
and transmit the original to or file the same with the justice of
the peace of the district within which the marriage is celebrated,
or, in default of such official, the judge-advocate or acting judgeadvocate of the military department in which the ceremony is
solemnized, within thirty days after the marriage. The written
consent to the marriage of a minor shall accompany such certificate. For failing to transmit such certificate or written consent
he shall be fined not less than twenty-five and not more than fifty
dollars.
Validity of SEC. IX. No marriage heretofore solemnized before any person
former marriages, professing to have authority therefor, shall be invalid for want of
such authority or on account of any informality, irregularity, or
omission, if it was celebrated with the belief of the parties, or
either of them, that he had authority and that they have been
lawfully married.
Causes for an- SEC. X. A marriage may be annulled for any of the following
nulment.
causes, existing at the time of the marriage:
-1. 1. That the party in whose behalf it is sought to have the
marriage annulled was under the age of legal consent, and such
marriage was contracted without the consent of his or her parents,
or guardian, or person having charge of him or her; unless, after
attaining the age of consent, such party for any time freely cohabited with the other as husband or wife.
-2. 2. That the former husband or wife of either party was living,
and the marriage with such former husband or wife was then in
force.
-3. 3. That either party was of unsound mind, unless such party,
after coming to reason, freely cohabited with the other as husband
or wife.
-4. 4. That the consent of either party was obtained by fraud,
unless such party afterward, with full knowledge of the facts
constituting the fraud, freely cohabited with the other as husband
or wife.