Decriminalization of premature marriages under Article 351 of the revised penal code for being discriminatory against women and violative of the equal protection clause provided in the constitution

• Main Authors: Ching, Virnalyn P., Yap, Adrian Nigel H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Commercial Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/17785
• Institution: De La Salle University

The paper would discuss the law on Premature Marriage provided under Article 351 of the Revised Penal Code. It penalizes women, particularly widows and women whose marriages has been dissolved, who shall contract a subsequent marriage within 301 days from the death of her husband. This is to prevent...