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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

‘SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1638

REGISTRATION UNIT
BULLS AND INDEX SERVICE

House Bill No.

INTRODUCED BY: HON. GWENDOLYN F. GARCIA.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

It has become public knowledge that some of the foreigners coming

to the Philippines in order to many Filipino women are vagabonds or social
‘and moral derelicts in their own country and whose real motive for mariage
is only to take advantage and exploit our women by making our women
work for them and worse, by sending them to prostitution and other
degrading and dehumanizing occupations.

The exploitation of our Filipino women, thru the so-called mail-order or

pen-pal, facebook, website made, and other internet made marriages, has
not only caused untold miseries and suffering to our Filipino women but it has
also brought dishonor and disgrace to Filipino womanhood.

The attached bill is intended to protect our Filipino women from these

undesirable foreigners by requiring the prospective husband to provide
himself with a certificate of good moral character and a certificate that he
has a gainful trade, business or employment, to be issued by his country’s
diplomatic or consular official, in addition to the usual certificate of legal

capacity.

In view of the foregoing, approval hereof is earnestly sought.

ips F. GARCIA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1638

House Bill No..

INTRODUCED BY; HON, GWENDOLYN F, GARCIA

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MALE CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS
OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY DESIRING TO MARRY A FILIPINA THEREBY AMENDING
ARTICLE 21 OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 21 of Executive Order No. 209, as amended, otherwise
known as the Family Code of the Philippines is hereby further amended to
read as follows:

“art. 21. When either or both of the contracting parties are citizens or
subjects of a foreign country, it shall be necessary, before a mariage
license can be obtained, to provide themselves with a certificate of
legal capacity to contract marriage, to be issued by their respective
diplomatic or consular officials. HOWEVER, WHEN ONE PARTIES IS A
MALE CITIZEN OR SUBJECT OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY DESIRING TO MARRY
‘A FEMALE CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN ADDITION TO THE CERTIFICATE
OF LEGAL CAPACITY, THE FOREIGN SUBJECT OR CITIZEN SHALL PROVIDE
HIMSELF WITH A CERTIFICATE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND A
CERTIFICATE THAT HE HAS A GAINFUL TRADE, BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT,
TO BE ISSUED BY HIS DIPLOMATIC OR CONSULAR OFFICIAL, BEFORE A
MARRIAGE LICENSE CAN BE OBTAINED."

Stateless persons or refuges from other countries shall, in lieu of the
[certificate of legal capacity] CERTIFICATES therein required, submit an
affidavit stating the circumstances showing such capacity to contract
marriage.

SECTION 2. The Department of Justice, in coordination with the Department
of Foreign Affairs, Department of Social Welfare and Development,
Department of Interior and Local Government, Philippine Commission on
Woman, Commission of Overseas and Philippine Statistics Authority shall


promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this
Act within (90) days from approval.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect atter (15) days following its publication in
the Official Gazette or in newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,