CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 79

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 79

79—Defences in cases of bigamy

The provisions of section 78 do not extend to any person going through the form or ceremony of marriage as mentioned in that section—

            (a)         whose spouse has then been continuously absent from that person for the last seven years and has not been known by that person to be living within that time; or

            (b)         whose marriage has been dissolved or declared void by any court of competent jurisdiction.