Should you be punished if you marry after your spouse's death?

[pioneer]

Widows and women whose marriages have been annulled or dissolved should not be punished for marrying again or giving birth within 301 days of their husband’s death or of the annulment and dissolution of their marriage, Senator Richard Gordon said.

A similar bill was filed at the House of Representatives by Congressman Guillermo Cua early this month.

This law against women as contained in the Crime of Premature Marriages in Article 351 of the Revised Penal Code will be repealed if Senate Bill 290 will be passed, said Gordon.

The present law penalizes the guilty with arresto mayor (six months and one day to six years) and a fine not exceeding P500.

“The purpose of the law in punishing premature marriages is to prevent doubtful paternity. It is intended to prevent confusion in connection with paternity and filiation, inasmuch as the widow might have conceived and become pregnant by her late husband or a woman might have conceived and become pregnant by her former husband in a previously annulled or dissolved marriage,” according to the explanatory note of the bill.

source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer

[hubag bohol]

Doubtful paternity? Sureness ko nga naay daghang subsisting marriages nga doubtful ang paternity sa mga anak...

[statesville]

Doubtful paternity? Sureness ko nga naay daghang subsisting marriages nga doubtful ang paternity sa mga anak...

Naay  uban dinhang mga asawa nga sungkabon ni pare kon wala ang bana
labi na tua nilangyaw  kay  mangitag maayong panginabuhi..
  walay labot sa mga buotan nga asawa...

[hubag bohol]

Naay  uban dinhang mga asawa nga sungkabon ni pare kon wala ang bana
labi na tua nilangyaw  kay  mangitag maayong panginabuhi..
  walay labot sa mga buotan nga asawa...

Naa puy uban dinhang mga asawa nga mao juy manghagad nga sungkabon ni pare kon wala ang bana... 

[hubag bohol]

Matod pas asawa, "Sungkaba ko, pre!"