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A DECREE TO ORDAIN AND PROMULGATE A CODE
RECOGNIZING THE SYSTEM OF FILIPINO MUSLIM
LAWS, CODIFYING MUSLIM PERSONAL LAWS, AND
PROVIDING FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
BOOK ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE I
TITLE AND PURPOSES OF CODE
Article 1. Title. This decree shall be known as the "Code of Muslim
Personal Laws of the Philippines."
Article 2. Purpose of Code.
TITLE II.
CONSTRUCTION OF CODE AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
Article 3. Conflict of provisions.
Article 4. Construction and interpretation.
Article 5. Proof of Muslim law and 'ada.
Article 6. Conflict in Islamic schools of law.
Article 7. Definition of terms.
BOOK TWO
PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS
TITLE I
CIVIL PERSONALITY (SHAKHSIYAH MADANIYA)
Article 8. Legal capacity.
Article 9. Restrictions on capacity.
Article 10. Personality, how acquired.
Article 11. Extinction of personality.
Article 12. Simultaneous death.
TITLE II
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Chapter One
APPLICABILITY CLAUSE
Article 13. Application.
Chapter Two
MARRIAGE (NIKAH)
Section 1. Requisites of Marriage
Article 14. Nature.
Article 15. Essential requisites.
Article 16. Capacity to contract marriage.
Article 17. Marriage ceremony.
Article 18. Authority to solemnize marriage.
Article 19. Place of solemnization.
Article 20. Specification of dower.
Article 21. Payment of dower.
Article 22. Breach of contract.
Section 2. Prohibited Marriages
Article 23. Bases of prohibition.
Article 24. Prohibition by consanguinity (tahrimjbin-nasab).
Article 25. Prohibition by affinity (tahrim-bill-musahara).
Article 26. Prohibition due to fosterage (tahrim-bir-rada'a).
Section 3. Subsequent Marriages
Article 27. By a husband.
Article 28. By widow.
Article 29. By divorcee.
Article 30. Marriage after three talaq.
Section 4. Batil and Fasi Marriages
Article 31. Batil marriages.
Article 32. Fasid marriages.
Article 33. Validation of irregular marriages.
Section 5. Rights and Obligations Between Spouses
Article 34. Mutual rights and obligations.
Article 35. Rights and obligations of the husband.
Article 36. Rights and obligations of the wife.
Section 6. Property Relations Between Spouses
Article 37. How governed.
Article 38. Regime of property relations.
Article 39. Stipulation in the marriage settlements.
Article 40. Ante-nuptial property.
TITLE V
PARENTAL AUTHORITY
Chapter One
NATURE AND EFFECTS
Article 71. Who exercises.
Article 72. Duty to parents.
Article 73. Duty to children.
Article 74. Effects upon person of children.
Article 75. Effects upon property of children.
Article 76. Parental authority non-transferable.
Article 77. Extinguishment of parental authority.
Chapter Two
CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP
Article 78. Care and custody.
Article 79. Guardian for marriage (wali)
Article 80. Guardian of minor's property.
TITLE VI
CIVIL REGISTRY
Chapter One
REGISTRY OF MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND
CONVERSIONS
Article 81. District Registrar.
Article 82. Duties of District Registrar.
Article 83. Duties of Circuit Registrar.
Article 84. Cancellation or Correction of Entry.
Article 85. Registration of revocation of divorce.
Article 86. Legal effects of registration.
Article 87. Applicability of other civil registry law.
Chapter Two
OTHER ACTS AFFECTING CIVIL STATUS
Article 88. Where registered.
BOOK THREE
SUCCESSION
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 89. Succession defined.
Article 90. Successional rights, when vested.
Article 91. Requisites of succession.
Article 92. Inheritance (Mirath).
Article 93. Disqualifications to succession.
Article 94. Succession from acknowledging person.
Article 95. Succession by illegitimate child.
Article 96. Succession between divorced persons.
Article 97. Succession by conceived child.
Article 98. Succession by absentee.
Article 99. Order of succession.
Article 100. Modes of Succession.
TITLE II
TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION
Chapter One
WILLS
Article 101. Will defined.
Article 102. Formalities.
Article 103. Proof of will.
Article 104. Testamentary waqf.
Article 105. Capacity to make a will.
Article 106. Disposable third.
Article 107. Bequest by operation of law.
Article 108. Revocation of will.
Article 109. Partial invalidity of will.
TITLE III
LEGAL SUCCESSION
Chapter One
SHARES
Article 110. Who are sharers.
Article 111. Share of surviving husband.
Article 112. Share of surviving wife.
Article 113. Share of surviving father.
Article 114. Share of surviving mother.
Chapter One
SHARI'A DISTRICT COURTS
Article 138. Shari'a judicial districts.
Article 139. Appointment of judges.
Article 140. Qualifications.
Article 141. Tenure.
Article 142. Compensation.
Article 143. Original jurisdiction.
Article 144. Appellate jurisdiction.
Article 145. Finality of decision.
Article 146. Clerks and other subordinate employees.
Article 147. Permanent stations; offices.
Article 148. Special procedure.
Article 149. Applicability of other laws.
Chapter Two
SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS
Article 150. Where established.
Article 151. Appointment of judges.
Article 152. Qualifications.
Article 153. Tenure.
Article 154. Compensation.
Article 155. Jurisdiction.
Article 156. Clerks and other subordinate employees.
Article 157. Place of sessions; stations.
Article 158. Special procedure.
Article 159. Applicability of other laws.
TITLE II
THE AGAMA ARBITRATION COUNCIL
Article 160. Constitution.
Article 161. Divorce by talag and tafwid.
Article 162. Subsequent marriages.
Article 163. Offenses against customary law.
TITLE III
JURISCONSULT IN ISLAMIC LAW
Article 164. Creation of office and appointment.
Article 165. Qualifications.
Article 166. Functions.