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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II MONOGAMOUS MARRIAGES

Part III SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Part IV REGISTRATION

Part V PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION AND REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES

Part VI RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

Part VII PROTECTION OF FAMILY

Part VIII MAINTENANCE OF WIFE AND CHILDREN

Part IX ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS

Part X

Chapter 1 — DIVORCE

Chapter 2 — JUDICIAL SEPARATION

Chapter 3 — NULLITY OF MARRIAGE

Chapter 4 — FINANCIAL PROVISIONS CONSEQUENT ON MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter 4A — Financial relief consequential on foreign matrimonial proceedings

Chapter 5 — WELFARE OF CHILDREN

Chapter 6 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part XI OFFENCES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

Part XII MISCELLANEOUS

FIRST SCHEDULE Kindred and Affinity Prohibited Degrees of Relationship

SECOND SCHEDULE Consents Required to the Marriage of A Minor

Legislative History

 
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On 25/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 25/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 25/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 28/03/2013.
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Grounds on which marriage is voidable
106.  A marriage which takes place after 1st June 1981 shall be voidable on the following grounds only:
(a)
that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the incapacity of either party to consummate it;
(b)
that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the wilful refusal of the defendant to consummate it;
(c)
that either party to the marriage did not validly consent to it, whether in consequence of duress, mistake, mental disorder or otherwise;
(d)
that at the time of the marriage either party, though capable of giving a valid consent, was suffering (whether continuously or intermittently) from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage;
(e)
that at the time of the marriage the defendant was suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form;
(f)
that at the time of the marriage the defendant was pregnant by some person other than the plaintiff.
[42/2005]