Article 349Bigamy

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

Bigamy: contracting a second marriage while the first marriage is still valid. Penalty: prision mayor (6–12 years). A judicial declaration of nullity of the first marriage must be obtained BEFORE remarrying — not after.

Key point

You cannot remarry without a court decision declaring your first marriage null or annulled. Doing so is bigamy.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Bigamy.

-The penalty of prision mayor shall be imposed upon any person who shall contract a second or subsequent marriage before the former marriage has been legally dissolved, or before the absent spouse has been declared presumptively dead by means of a judgment rendered in the proper proceedings.

Source: lawphil.net (Act No. 3815 as amended)

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