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Act No. 3613 Section 5

Place where solemnized.

Section 5

SEC. 5. Place where solemnized.—The marriage shall solemnized publicly in the office of the justice or court or in the church, chapel, or temple, according to whether it is performed by an official or by a priest or minister of any denomination, church, sect or religion, and not elsewhere, except in cases of marriages contracted on the point of death or in remote places in accordance with section twenty of this Act, or when one of the parents or the guardians of the female or the latter herself if over eighteen years of age, request it in writing, in which cases the marriage may be solemnized at the house or place designated by said parent or guardian of the female or by the latter herself in a sworn statement to that effect.

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CitationAct No. 3613 Section 5 (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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