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Article 350Marriage contracted against provisions of laws

Act No. 3815 · Revised Penal CodeKey provision

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Marriage contracted against provisions of laws.

Official text — Act No. 3815

Marriage contracted against provisions of laws.

-The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods shall be imposed upon any person who, without being included in the provisions of the next preceding article, shall contract marriage knowing that the requirements of the law have not been complied with or that the marriage is in disregard of a legal impediment. If either of the contracting parties shall obtain the consent of the other by means of violence, intimidation or fraud, he shall be punished by the maximum period of the penalty provided in the next preceding paragraph.

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

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