Family Code of the Philippines 

TITLE I - MARRIAGE 

Article 17. The local civil registrar shall prepare a notice which shall contain the full names and residences of the applicants for a marriage license and other data given in the applications. The notice shall be posted for ten consecutive days on a bulletin board outside the office of the local civil registrar located in a conspicuous place within the building and accessible to the general public. This notice shall request all persons having knowledge of any impediment to the marriage to advise the local civil registrar thereof. The marriage license shall be issued after the completion of the period of publication. (63a)




     This notice is one of the modes by which the State interferes in the marriage to prevent violations of the marriage law. It is noted, however, that if the local civil registrar does not publish the application and still, he issues the license, the marriage is still valid, because after all, publicity is not an essential requisite of marriage. The said public officer may, however, be held criminally or administratively liable.



Reference: 
Family Code of the Philippines by Albano