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It is hereby prohibited for any persons suffering from insanity, mental retardation, or developmental deficiency when said condition is an impediment to give their consent, or from syphilis or any sexually transmitted disease, to contract marriage while the disease, mental condition, or deficiency subsists; and if such marriage is contracted, it may be annulled by the Superior Part of the Court of First Instance of the residence of either contracting party, by petition of the prosecuting attorney of the Superior Part of the Court of First Instance, or an interested party, with the intervention of the prosecuting attorney of the Superior Part of the Court of First Instance in which the suit is filed; provided, that the action to annul shall not be exercised if the cause for nullity has disappeared at the time the suit is initiated. For purposes of this section, Puerto Rico male and female nonresidents who get married in Puerto Rico may not request the aforesaid action to annul when a medical certificate attests to such person’s compliance with all the tests required for marriage in their state or country of residence. History —May 14, 1937, No. 133, p. 290, § 1; Apr. 13, 1938, No.

edical certificate attests to such person’s compliance with all the tests required for marriage in their state or country of residence. History —May 14, 1937, No. 133, p. 290, § 1; Apr. 13, 1938, No. 22, p. 132, § 1; May 12, 1967, No. 36, p. 221; Dec. 14, 1997, No. 141, § 2; Dec. 13, 2007, No. 193, § 1; Aug. 11, 2010, No. 127, § 1.