No marriage shall be celebrated unless it appears from the sworn declaration above mentioned, that the parties are possessed of the legal capacity to marry, under the provisions of this title; and if the contracting parties, or either of them, are minors, the ceremony cannot be performed until the written consent to such marriage, from the person authorized by this title to grant it, has been obtained and presented to the person who is to celebrate such marriage. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 77.
Puerto Rico Legal Code