Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 196

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196. Any: (a) spouse; (b) civil union partner; or (c) cohabitant in a registered or unilaterally declared cohabitation according to the Cohabitation Act , or a registered cohabitation by means of a public deed in accordance to the Cohabitation Act, 2020 , who, during the subsistence of a valid and lawful marriage, civ il union or cohabitation, contracts another marriage, civil union or cohabitation, shall, on convicti on, be liable to imprisonment f or a term from thirteen (13) months to four (4) years. Bigamy involving a civil union and cohabitation. Added by: IX.2014.15. Substituted by: XV .2017.48.

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