{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:623","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Existence of Valid Betrothal","number":"623","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/623/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II - FAMILY","title":"TITLE I. - BONDS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CONSANGUINITY AND BY AFFINITY.","chapter":"Chapter 9. - Conflicts in Cases Relating to Marriages and Divorces","section":"Section 1. - General Provisions","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Only the Court is competent to decide whether a betrothal has been celebrated or not and whether such betrothal is valid.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/623/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":173,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/173/?article=623&paragraph=lead#article-623-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}