Code of Muslim Personal Laws

Article 186

(1) Acts executed prior to the effectivity of this Code shall be governed by the laws in force at the time of their execution, and nothing herein except as otherwise specifically provided, shall affect their validity or legality or operate to extinguish any right acquired or liability incurred thereby. (2) A marriage contracted by a Muslim male prior to the effectivity of this Code in accordance with non-Muslim law shall be considered as one contracted under Muslim law provided the spouses register their mutual desire to this effect.

Article 187

The Civil Code of the Philippines, the Rules of Court and other existing laws, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Code, shall be applied suppletorily.

Article 188

If, for any reason, any article or provision of this Code is held to be invalid, the same shall not affect the other articles or provisions hereof.

Article 189

All laws, proclamations, executive orders, rules and regulations, or any part thereof, inconsistent with provisions of this Code are hereby correspondingly modified or repealed.

Article 190

This Code shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila this 4th day of February in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-seven. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 73 No. 20 Page 4038 on May 16, 1977. Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines Persons and Family Relations Property and Succession Obligations and Contracts