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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 13 



13.(1) A marriage celebrated after the commencement of this Article shall be
void on the following grounds only, that is to say

(a)that the parties are within the prohibited degrees of relationship;

(b)that it is not a valid marriage under the provisions of the Age of Marriage
Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (persons under 16);

(c)that it is not a valid marriage by reason of non-compliance with any
statutory provision or rule of law governing the formation of marriage;

(d)that at the time of the marriage either party was already lawfully married;

(e)that the parties are not respectively male and female;

(f)in the case of a polygamous marriage entered into outside Northern Ireland,
that either party was at the time of the marriage domiciled in Northern
Ireland.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(f) a marriage may be polygamous although
at its inception neither party has any spouse additional to the other.

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