Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 76A.djvu/767

–671– -671-

TITLE 8—DOMESTIC RELATIONS CHAPTER 1. MABRTAGE 3. VOID AND VOIDABLE MABBIAGES; ANNULMENT

5. DiVOBCE

Sec. 1 71

111

7. HCSBAND AND W I F E 9. CHILDBEN BY BIBTH 11. CHILDBEN BY ADOPTION

5271 331 381

13. SuppoBT OF RELATIONS

421

15. ESTABLISHING PATEBNITY 17. CHANGE OF NAME

461 531

CHAPTER 1—MARRIAGE STJBCHAPTEB I

OENEBAL PB0VISI0N8

>

Sec.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Marriage relation; consent; solemnization. Capacity of minors to marry. Proof of consent and solemnization. Marriage license; application; waiting period; medical certificate or court order; fee; record; period of validity. Who may celebrate marriages; license to celebrate. Certifying, signing, return, and recording of license; marriage certificate. Declaration when there is no record. Acknowledgment and recording of declaration. Test of validity of the marriage by suit. Marriages contracted outside Canal Zone. Offenses and penalties. SUBCHAPTER II—PRE-MARITAL MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.

Medical examination required. Laboratory tests. Procedure upon return of examination. Marriage license, without medical certificate, because of pregnancy. Submission of specimen to laboratory; report in triplicate. Protest after refusal of medical certificate and marriage license; hearing. Health director to advise judge. Appeal from order.

Subchapter I—General Provisions § 1. Marriage relation; consent; solemnization Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable of making that contract is necessary. Consent alone does not constitute marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization authorized by this title. § 2. Capacity of minors to marry (a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a male under 21 years of age or a female under 18 years of age may not enter into a marriage in the Canal Zone. (b) A male 17 years of age or over and under 21, or a female 14 years of age or over and under 18, may enter into a marriage with the written consent of: (1) his or her natural or adopted parents; or (2) the parent having his or her custody if the parents are divorced; or (3) one parent, if the other is dead, has deserted his or her M family, or has been adjudged incompetent; or (4) a legally appointed guardian if there is no parent qualified to give consent.

�