A priest, minister or clergyman duly authorized to perform marriages may, for sufficient cause, dispense with the publication as before set forth; but in every case where a publication is made the marriage cannot be concluded after fifteen days after the first day of such publication.
No priest, clergyman or minister is now authorized to grant a dispensation permitting a marriage for any reason forbidden by the laws of the Republic.
An opposition to a marriage made by an interested person must be heard and determined by the municipal judge of the district before any person whatsoever is authorized to solemnize the nuptials.
The celebration itself must be witnessed by two adults, who may be relatives of the parties. Article 87 of the code, permitting one or both of the parties to a marriage to appear at the celebration, either personally or by proxies to whom a special power is given, is still in effect.
The municipal judge, priest, minister or clergyman who solemnizes a marriage must immediately furnish to the parties a certificate of marriage and cause a full and particular record of said marriage to be filed in the Civil Registry of the District (Registro Civil del Distrito), in default of which such judge, priest, minister or clergyman will be subject to a fine of one hundred pesos, or imprisoned for not less than 30 days, or not more than 90 days, by the Correctional Judge (Juez Correccional) of his domicile.
Annulment of Marriages.—The civil courts have exclusive jurisdiction to decree an annulment of marriage.
The following marriages are void:
1. Those celebrated between persons related within the prohibited degrees, except in cases of dispensation.
2. Those contracted by error as to the person or by compulsion or intimidation.
3. Those contracted by the abductor with the abducted while she is in his power.