found to conform with
the provisions of this Law, the couple shall be allowed
to register and issued marriage certificates. The husband
and wife relationship shall be established as soon as
they acquire the marriage certificates. In the absence
of the marriage registration, the man and the woman
shall go through the procedures subsequently.
Article
9 After a marriage has been registered,
the woman may become a member of the man's family or
vice versa, depending on the agreed wishes of the two
parties.
Article
10 Marriage shall be invalid under any
of the following circumstances:
(1)
if one party commits bigamy;
(2)
if the man and the woman are relatives by blood up to
the third degree of kinship;
(3)
if, before marriage, one party is suffering from a disease
which is regarded by medical science as rendering a
person unfit for marriage and, after marriage, a cure
is not effected; and
(4)
if the legally marriageable age is not attained.
Article
11 In the case of a marriage made under
coercion, the coerced party may make a request to the
marriage registration office or the people's court for
the
|