another,
and maintain equal, harmonious and civilized marriage
and family relations.
Chapter
II Marriage Contract
Article
5 Marriage must be based upon the complete
willingness of both man and woman. Neither party may
use compulsion on the other party and no third party
may interfere.
Article
6 No marriage may be contracted before
the man has reached 22 years of age and the woman 20
years of age. Late marriage and late childbirth shall
be encouraged.
Article
7 No marriage may be contracted under
any of the following circumstances:
(1)
if the man and the woman are lineal relatives by blood,
or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree
of kinship; and
(2)
if the man or the woman is suffering from any disease,
which is regarded by medical science as rendering a
person unfit for marriage.
Article
8 Both the man and the woman desiring
to contract a marriage shall register in person with
the marriage registration office. If the proposed marriage
is
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