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After the mandate through special power of attorney to contract marriage is protocolized and registered, the contracting party residing in Puerto Rico shall secure a medical certificate and marriage license on which the column pertaining to the absent contracting party shall be filled out according to the power of attorney and shall be signed by the mandatary by writing down the names and surnames of the executor and signing below by proxy; the mandatary shall likewise sign the marriage license, and the medical certificate issued by the physician who examined the other contracting party outside of Puerto Rico shall be attached to the affidavit and shall be valid as if it had been issued by a physician-surgeon authorized to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a certified copy of the deed of power of attorney to be also attached to said document. History —May 5, 1945, No. 64, p. 236, § 7.