New Zealand Acts

CRIMES ACT 1961 - SECT 206

206 Punishment of bigamy

Every one who commits bigamy is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years:   provided that if the Judge is satisfied that the person with whom the offender went through the form of marriage or with whom the offender entered into a civil union, knew, at the time when the offence was committed, that the marriage or civil union would be void, the offender is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.  

Note: 1908 No 32 s 225

History: Section 206 proviso: amended, on 26 April 2005, by section 42(a) of the Civil Union Act 2004 (2004 No 102).   Section 206 proviso: amended, on 26 April 2005, by section 42(b) of the Civil Union Act 2004 (2004 No 102).