Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 196
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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