The civil status officer shall ascertain that the conditions of marriage are satisfied.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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.
Article 540
Refusal to Celebrate marriage · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
He shall refuse to celebrate the marriage if he finds or has good reasons to believe that there exists an obstacle to the marriage.
In such case, the civil status officer shall give the reasons for his refusal to the future spouses.