Illegal issuance or refusal of license.
Section 38
SEC. 38. Illegal issuance or refusal of license.—Any municipal secretary or clerk of the Municipal Court of Manila who issues a marriage license unlawfully or who maliciously refuses to issue a license to a person entitled thereto or fails to issue the same within twenty-four hours after the time when, according to law, it was proper to issue the same, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than two years, or by a fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than two thousand pesos.