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RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 59

RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 59

Article 59

ART. 59. The local civil registrar shall issue the proper license if each of the contracting parties swears separately before him or before any public official authorized to administer oaths, to an application in writing setting forth that such party has the necessary qualifications for contracting marriage. The applicants, their parents or guardians shall not be required to exhibit their residence certificates in any formality in connection with the securing of the marriage license. Such application shall insofar as possible contain the following data (1) Full name of the contracting party; (2) Place of birth; (3) Age, date of birth; (4) Civil status (single, widow or widower, or divorced); (5) If divorced, how and when the previous marriage was dissolved; (6) Present residence; (7) Degree of relationship of the contracting parties; (8) Full name of the father; (9) Residence of the father; (10) Full name of the mother; (11) Residence of the mother; (12) Full name and residence of the guardian or person having charge, in case the contracting party has neither father nor mother and is under the age of twenty years, if a male, or eighteen years if a female. (7a)

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