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Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous MarriageS) Act 1972

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 8 Cited in Amendments 25 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1972 c. 38
Year1972
(1) A court in Scotland shall not be precluded from entertaining proceedings for, or granting, any such decree as is mentioned in subsection (2) below by reason only that F2either party to the marriage is, or has during the subsistence of the marriage been, married to more than one person.a decree of divorce;a decree of nullity of marriage;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a decree of separation;a decree of aliment;a decree of declarator that a marriage is valid or invalid;any other decree involving a determination as to the validity of a marriage;for requiring notice of proceedings brought by virtue of this section to be served on any additional spouse of a party to the marriage in question; andfor conferring on any such additional spouse the right to be heard in the proceedings,

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