Section 257: Bigamy
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257. Bigamy
(1) Quiconque étant engagé dans (1) Any person who, being marles liens du mariage, en aura con- ried, marries another person before
tracté un autre avant la dissolution the dissolution of the first marriage,
du précédent,
shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years.
(2) L’officier public qui aura prêté (2) Any public officer who lends
son ministère à ce mariage, connais- his aid and assistance for such subsant l’existence du précédent, sera sequent marriage, knowing the exiscondamné à la même peine. tence of the first, shall suffer the like
punishment.
(3) Pour l’application des disposi- (3) In this section, “marriage”
tions de la présente section, le terme means a civil marriage under sec-
“mariage” s’entend uniquement du tion 24 of the Civil Status Act and a
mariage civil prévu dans la section 24 religious marriage having civil effect
du Civil Status Act ou d’un mariage under sections 27 and 28 of the
religieux ayant des effets civils con- Civil Status Act.
formément aux sections 27 et 28 du
Civil Status Act.
[S. 257 reprinted by Reprint 1 of 1983; Act 2 of 1983; amended by Act 23 of 1981;
s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]
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Questions this section answers
- What is the penalty for marrying someone else while still legally married?
- Can a public officer be punished for knowingly officiating a bigamous marriage?