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Title I — Marriage

Article 20

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

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The solemnizing officer is required to keep a personal copy of the marriage certificate and send the original to the Local Civil Registrar within 15 days after the ceremony.

Official text — EO 209

The license shall be valid in any part of the Philippines for a period of one hundred twenty days from the date of issue, and shall be deemed automatically cancelled at the expiration of the said period if the contracting parties have not made use of it. The expiry date shall be stamped in bold characters on the face of every license issued. (65a)

Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)

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