Marriages "in articulo mortis" and marriages at remote places.
Section 20
SEC. 20. Marriages "in articulo mortis" and marriages at remote places.—In case either of the contracting parties is on the point of death or the female has her habitual residence at a place more than fifteen kilometers distant from the municipal building and there is no communication by railroad or by provincial or local highway between the former and the latter, the marriage may be solemnized without necessity of a marriage license; but in such cases the official, priest, or minister solemnizing it shall state in an affidavit made before the municipal secretary or any person authorized by law to administer oaths that the marriage was performed in articulo mortis or at a place more than fifteen kilometers distant from the municipal building concerned, in which latter case he shall give the name of the barrio where the marriage was solemnized. The person who solemnized the marriage shall also state, in either case, that he took the necessary steps to ascertain the age and relationship of the contracting parties and that there was in his opinion no legal impediment to the marriage at the time that it was solemnized.