Okay ra man na
duha hinoon ka authority imong
pangayoan iyang pagka-amahan ug pagka-mayor.
Article 52. Marriage is not a mere contract but an inviolable social institution. Its nature, consequences and incidents are governed by law and not subject to stipulation, except that the marriage settlements may to a certain extent fix the property relations during the marriage. (n)
Article 53. No marriage shall be solemnized unless all these requisites are complied with:
(1)
Legal capacity of the contracting parties;
(2)
Their consent, freely given;
(3)
Authority of the person performing the marriage; and
(4)
A marriage license, except in a marriage of exceptional character (Sec. 1a, art. 3613).
Article 54. Any male of the age of sixteen years or upwards, and any female of the age of fourteen years or upwards, not under any of the impediments mentioned in articles 80 to 84, may contract marriage. (2)
Article 55. No particular form for the ceremony of marriage is required, but the parties with legal capacity to contract marriage must declare, in the presence of the person solemnizing the marriage and of two witnesses of legal age, that they take each other as husband and wife. This declaration shall be set forth in an instrument in triplicate, signed by signature or mark by the contracting parties and said two witnesses and attested by the person solemnizing the marriage.
In case of a marriage on the point of death, when the dying party, being physically unable, cannot sign the instrument by signature or mark, it shall be sufficient for one of the witnesses to the marriage to sign in his name, which fact shall be attested by the minister solemnizing the marriage. (3)
Article 56. Marriage may be solemnized by:
(1)
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
(2)
The Presiding Justice and the Justices of the Court of Appeals;
(3)
Judges of the Courts of First Instance;
(4)
Mayors of cities and municipalities;
(5)
Municipal judges and justices of the peace;
(6)
Priests, rabbis, ministers of the gospel of any denomination, church, religion or sect, duly registered, as provided in article 92; and
(7)
Ship captains, airplane chiefs, military commanders, and consuls and vice-consuls in special cases provided in articles 74 and 75. (4a)
Source:
Philippines: Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386)