Into this carefully woven pattern of the centuries came 2 new concept of marriage. Individual rights stormed familism—and individualism won, at least in name. The old gave way to the new in 1930 when a family law was promulgated by the government. The new law reads, "An agreement to marry shall be made by the male and tamale parties of their own accord." The traditional customs and lagisiation of the past, centred in the family, had given place to the individustistic "legislation typical the Occident. No restrictions were Placed upon the contracting parties, except ones of age. (A minor must
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