LawgistThe Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act
5Punishment of bigamy
Every Parsi who during the lifetime of his or her wife or husband, whether a Parsi or not, contracts a marriage without having been lawfully divorced from such wife or husband, or without his or her marriage with such wife or husband having legally been declared null and void or dissolved, shall be subject to the penalties provided in sections 494 and 495 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) for the offence of marrying again during the lifetime of a husband or wife.
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II.--MARRIAGES BETWEEN PARSIS
- 3 Requisites to validity of Parsi marriages
- 4 Remarriage when unlawful
- 5 Punishment of bigamy
- 6 Certificate and registry of marriage
- 7 Appointment of Registrar
- 8 Marriage register to be open for public inspection
- 9 Copy of certificate to sent to Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- 10 Registration of divorces
- 11 Penalty for solemnizing marriage contrary to section 4
- 12 Penalty for priest’s neglect of requirements of section 6
- 13 Penalty for omitting to subscribe and attest certificate
- 14 Penalty for making, etc., false certificate
- 15 Penalty for failing to register certificate
- 16 Penalty for secreting, destroying or altering register
- 17 Formal irregularity not to invalidate marriage
