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In Canada, both bigamy (article 290 of the Criminal code of Canada) [147]) and de facto polygamy (article 293 of the Criminal Code) [148] are illegal, but there are provisions in the property law of at least the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that consider the possibility of de facto multiple marriage-like situations (e.g. if an already ...
Polygamy is legal in Egypt. [ 1 ] In 2019, Ahmed al-Tayeb , the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar , caused controversy by ruling that polygamy is unlawful for Muslims , but he did not call for a legal prohibition of polygamy.
Because state laws exist, polygamy is not actively prosecuted at the federal level. [3] Many US courts (e.g. Turner v. S., 212 Miss. 590, 55 So.2d 228) treat bigamy as a strict liability crime: in some jurisdictions, a person can be convicted of a felony even if he reasonably believed he had only one legal spouse. For example, if a person has ...
Bigamy laws do not apply to couples in a de facto or cohabitation relationship, [2] or that enter such relationships when one is legally married. If the prior marriage is for any reason void, the couple is not married, and hence each party is free to marry another without falling foul of the bigamy laws.
Egypt's parliament has passed a new law that will categorize social media accounts and blogs with more than 5,000 followers as media outlets. As such, they'll be regulated by the Supreme Council ...
Traditional Hindu law allowed polygamy if the first wife could not bear a child. [139] The Hindu Marriage Act was enacted in 1955 by the Indian Parliament and made polygamy illegal for everyone in India except for Muslims. Prior to 1955, polygamy was permitted for Hindus. Marriage laws in India are dependent upon the religion of the parties in ...
One day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to protect women's sports, the NCAA announced Thursday that athletes assigned male at birth are ineligible to play on women's teams.
Kate Middleton is on a mission to transform early childhood care, bringing a groundbreaking initiative to more families across the U.K.. With the support of health workers, the Princess of Wales ...