The Revised Family Code-CHAPTER ONE CONCLUSION OF MARRIAGE-Section 4. Marriage Celebrated before an Officer of Civil status (civil marriage)

 Section 4. Marriage Celebrated before an Officer of Civil status (civil marriage)

Article 22. – Authorized Officer of Civil Status.

Civil marriage shall be concluded before the officer of civil status of the place where one of the future spouses or one of the ascendants or close relatives of one of them has established residence by continuously living, there for not less than six months prior to the date of the marriage.

Article 23. –  Request for Celebration of Marriage.

The future spouses shall inform the officer of civil status of their intention to conclude marriage not less than one month prior to its celebration.

Article 24. – Fixing the Date of Marriage.

Upon receipt of the request, the officer of civil status shall, in consultation with the future spouses, decide the exact date of the conclusion of marriage and publicize same by any appropriate means.

Article 25. – Formalities of Celebration.

1)    Marriage shall be concluded publicly in the presence of the future spouses and two witnesses for each of the future spouses.

2)    The future spouses and the witnesses shall declare, under oath, that the essential conditions of marriage are not violated.

3)    The officer of civil status shall inform the future spouses and their witnesses, before taking oath, of the consequences of their declaration.

4)    Each of the future spouses shall declare openly to the officer of civil status that they consented to conclude marriage on their own free will.

5)    Each of the spouses and their witnesses shall sign in the register of civil status.

6)    Upon fulfillment of the formalities prescribed above, the officer of civil status shall pronounce them united I marriage and shall issue a certificate of marriage to that effect.