Contents of Section
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Chapter: | 212
 | Title: | OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | |
| Section: | 45 | Heading: | Bigamy | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
BIGAMY
Any person who, being married, marries any other person during the life of the former husband or wife shall be guilty of an offence triable upon indictment, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 7 years: (Amended 50 of 1991 s. 4)
Provided that nothing in this section shall extend to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife has been continually absent from such person for the space of 7 years then last past, and has not been known by such person to be living within that time, or to any person who, at the time of such second marriage, has been divorced from the bond of the first marriage, or to any person whose former marriage has been declared void by the sentence of any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Amended 30 of 1911 ss. 2 & 5)
[cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 57 U.K.]
[cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 57 U.K.]