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Marriage Act · 2013 Revised Edition · Part IV · Offences and Penalties
Marriage Act · 2013 Revised Edition · Part IV · Offences and Penalties
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whoever knowingly and wilfully solemnises a marriage without the presence of two credible witnesses besides the person so solemnising is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine and imprisonment for 3 years.
marriage
“marriage” means a marriage as understood by English law, that is, the voluntary union for life or until the marriage is dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction of one man with one woman to the exclusion of all others;
marriage
“marriage” means a marriage as understood by English law, that is, the voluntary union for life or until the marriage is dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction of one man with one woman to the exclusion of all others;
Part V