Influencing parties in religious respects.
Section 37
SEC. 37. Influencing parties in religious respects.—Any municipal secretary or clerk of the Municipal Court of Manila who directly or indirectly attempts to influence any contracting party to marry or refrain from marrying in any church, sect, or religion or before any civil authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one month and a fine of not more than two hundred pesos.