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The matrimonial law of Singapore categorises marriages contracted in Singapore into two categories: civil marriages and Muslim marriages. The Registry of Marriage (ROM) administers civil marriages in accordance to the Women's Charter, while the Registry of Muslim Marriages (ROMM) administers Muslim marriages in accordance to the Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA).
Gabon: [9] Both men and women can join in polygamous marriage with the other gender under Gabonese law. In practice, the right to multiple spouses is reserved for men only. [10] The Gambia [11] Guinea [12] Guinea-Bissau; Libya [13] [14] [15] Kenya: Polygamy legal under legislation passed in 2014. [16] Mali [17] Mauritania [18] Morocco [19]
The bill outlawed polygamy, provided women with legal recourse against husbands that conducted adultery or bigamy, and contained a number of other provisions that protected women and girls. [2] [4] [8] According to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame, which inducted Fozdar in 2014, her activism was instrumental in the Charter's passage. [8]
The court received expert testimony on Chinese law, including from China's consul-general to Singapore (who testified about the Great Qing Legal Code), attesting that polygamy was impermissible. [1] Litigants in the Six Widows Case unsuccessfully challenged the holding in Re Goods of Lao Leong An (1867), WOC 35, 1 SSLR 1.
Utah, 333 U.S. 95 (1948) — polygamy not religious free speech In re Black , 3 Utah 2d 315 (1955) [283 P.2d 887] [ 8 ] — raising children in a polygamist household is evidence of child neglect ; the state can remove and retain custody of children while their parents unlawful cohabitation continues
Open marriage is a form of non-monogamy in which the partners of a dyadic marriage agree that each may engage in extramarital sexual or romantic relationships, without this being regarded by them as infidelity, and consider or establish an open relationship despite the implied monogamy of marriage.
Any woman who succeeds in avoiding the bar on polygamy is denied basic legal rights regarding marriage, divorce, and financial support. The denial of these rights "perpetuates the cycle of 'abuse and exploitation' that is sometimes synonymous with modern-day polygamy". [53] Polygamy often puts extra, strenuous responsibilities on women.
Khatijun Nissa Siraj was born in 1925, the daughter of a wealthy businessman of Indian descent. Before becoming an activist, Siraj spent her time as a volunteer at the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital and as a member of the management committees of the Singapore Children's Society and the Family Planning Association.