Solemn celebration of marriage

For the purposes of the solemnisation of marriage the contracting parties or their attorneys shall appear in the Office of Civil Registration Services, whose official has to record the marriage entry, except where on account of sickness one of the contracting parties does not appear in person, and does not appear through the attorney, because in such case the official of Civil Registration Services shall go to the place where such contracting party is found. In the presence of the contracting parties or their representatives and of the witnesses, the official shall read Articles 1056 and 1057 of this Code and shall ask forthwith each of the contracting parties whether he/she maintains his/her resolution to solemnise the marriage by such procedure, and after the affirmative reply from both, shall record the certificate of marriage with the formalities prescribed in this Code without any previous enquiry in respect of the religion of the contracting parties. § Sole paragraph - In the office of Civil Registration Services the marriage shall be solemnised in the presence of two witnesses and when outside it before six witnesses.