Section 22. Marriages in Cases of Religious Revivals. —

When, as a direct consequence of an extraordinary religious revival in any given locality, brought about by an intensive and extensive preaching of the gospel for at least there consecutive days by a group of priests or ministers of any existing church, sect, or religion of the Philippines who have gone to said locality for the express purpose of bringing about a religious revival, there shall appear before such priests or ministers authorized to solemnize marriage, at the conclusion of their missionary work, men and women who, having lived together publicly, in a state of concubinage for not less than two years, desire to legalize their union, such priests or ministers shall have authority to solemnize such marriages without any necessity of observing the requirements of this Act, except the payment to the municipal treasury concerned of the fee of two pesos established in section eleven, the receipt for which shall be filed with the municipal secretary by the priests or ministers who solemnized the marriage, prior to filing the documents concerning the same.

It shall, however, be the duty of the leader or person acting as leader of the priests or ministers who held the religious revival to set forth in a sworn statement sent by him within fifteen days to the clerk of the Municipal Court of Manila or to the municipal secretary concerned, as the case may be: (1) that there has been a religious revival held in accordance with this section; (2) the number of marriages solemnized, specifying names in full, ages, and names of the places or barrios of residence; (3) that the marriages solemnized by them are of exceptional character, the contracting parties being men and women who had lived together publicly in a state of concubinage for a period of not less than two years; (4) that the investigations made by them in each case did not show any legal impediment to the celebration of such marriages; (5) that they are certain that the persons who contracted marriage are residents of the municipality where the revival was held; (6) that all the marriage certificates mentioned in section sixteen of this Act have been sent to the municipal secretary concerned or to the clerk of the municipal court of Manila, as the case may be, and (7) that they have delivered a copy of the marriage certificate to each couple contracting marriage.