1. The full names, ages, occupations and domiciles of the contracting parties.
2. The full names, professions and domiciles of the parents.
Upon receiving this declaration the civil officer publishes a notice of the intended marriage and informs all interested persons to file their objections, if any exist, within fifteen days. If at the end of this period no valid objection to the marriage has been formulated the civil officer proceeds to the celebration of the marriage.
Celebration.—For the civil celebration of marriage the contracting parties, or their duly empowered proxies, appear before the civil officer of the commune, attended by competent witnesses. If the marriage is celebrated in the official bureau of the commune two witnesses are sufficient; if outside of such bureau six witnesses are required.
Any civil officer celebrating a marriage contrary to these provisions incurs penal punishment.
Annulment of Marriage.—A Catholic marriage—that is, one solemnized according to the canonical law—can only be annulled by an ecclesiastical tribunal and according to the laws of the Catholic Church enforceable in Portugal.
A sentence of an ecclesiastical tribunal annulling a marriage is executed by the civil authority of the land.
A marriage concluded before a civil officer in the form established by the civil law of the land can only be annulled by a civil court.
Judicial Separation.—A separation of the person and goods may be had for the following causes:
1. Adultery of the wife.