The Archive · 1929

FRAUDULENT MARRIAGES

IN PHILIPPINES

Manila, Mar, 2

The more restrictive marriage Jaw which became effective a year ago has Jed to many fraudulent marriages in the Philippines. A report made recently to the Registrar of priests and ministers, by municipal secretaries, showed that more than 200 fraudulent marriages have been performed by fake clergymen in the central provinees of Luzon, the principal island of the Philippines, A fake priest at Arayat, Pampanga, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment after ko had fraudulently may mare than 100.couples—Reuter.

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