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Every man or woman who is away from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico who wishes to contract marriage in Puerto Rico by a mandate through a special power of attorney shall obtain a certificate from a practicing physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or surgeon, showing that he or she does not suffer insanity, mental retardation or developmental deficiency in a severe or deep degree which may impede him or her from giving his/her consent, or from syphilis or any other venereal disease. Said certificate shall be acknowledged by an authorized official who shall also certify that the certificate has been issued by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or surgeon authorized to practice said profession. History —May 5, 1945, No. 64, p. 236, § 2; May 12, 1967, No. 37, p. 222; Dec. 14, 1997, No. 141, § 3.