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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 14

14. A marriage celebrated after the commencement of this Article shall be
voidable on the following grounds only, that is to say

(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 respondent to consummate it;

(c)that either party to the marriage did not validly consent to it, whether in
consequence of duress, mistake or unsoundness of mind 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 Act (Northern Ireland)
1961 of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfitted for marriage;

(e)that at the time of the marriage the respondent was suffering from venereal
disease in a communicable form;

(f)that at the time of the marriage the respondent was pregnant by some person
other than the petitioner.

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