Essential requisites.
Section 1
SECTION 1. Essential requisites.—Essential requisites for marriage are the legal capacity of the contracting parties and their consent.
Act No. 3613 Section 1
Other provisions in CHAPTER I
- Section 2: Legal capacity.
- Section 3: Mutual consent.
- Section 4: Persons authorized to solemnize marriages.
- Section 5: Place where solemnized.
- Section 6: Meaning of church, chapel, or temple.
- Section 7: Formal requisites—Marriage license.
- Section 8: Baptismal certificate—Instrument in lieu thereof.
- Section 9: Requisites for widowed divorced persons and minors.
- Section 10: Issuance of marriage license.
- Section 11: Fees—Validity of license.
CitationAct No. 3613 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
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