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A woman cannot contract another marriage within six months from the dissolution or cancellation of her former marriage.

If the woman was pregnant at the time of the dissolution or cancellation of her former marriage, this provision does not apply after the day of her delivery.

A person who is judicially divorced or punished^{[errata 1]} because of adultery cannot contract a marriage with the other party to the adultery.

Lineal relatives by blood or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree inclusive cannot intermarry; but this does not apply as between an adopted child and his collateral relatives by adoption.

Lineal relatives by affinity cannot intermarry. This applies even after the relationship by affinity has ceased according to the provisions of Art. 729.

An adopted child, his or her husband or wife, his descendants and the husband or wife of one of his descendants on the one hand and the adopter and his ascendants on the other hand cannot intermarry, even after the relationship has ceased according to the provisions of Art. 730.

For contracting a marriage a child must have the