When are ship captains or airplane pilots authorized to solemnize marriages?
The legal authority of ship captains and airplane pilots to solemnize marriages is very narrowly and strictly restricted,. Any ship captain or airplane pilot may solemnize a marriage completely only in the specific exceptional cases mentioned by law,. Their authority is fundamentally limited to marriages perfectly in articulo mortis or at the precise point of death between passengers or crew,. This specific functional exception is clearly outlined in Article 7 Family Code of the Philippines. “Art. 7. Marriage may be solemnized by: […] (3) Any ship captain or airplane chief only in the cases mentioned in Article 31;” 31-Jul-26About Nicolas and De Vega Law Offices
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