About Bigamy

Bigamy is a statutory offence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and other countries.[which?] It is committed by a person who, being married to another person, goes through a ceremony capable of producing a valid marriage with a third person. England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland The offence is created by section 57 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861: “ Whosoever, being married, shall marry any other person during the life of the former husband or wife, whether the second marriage shall have taken place in England or Ireland or elsewhere, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years ... : Provided, that nothing in this section contained shall extend to any second marriage contracted elsewhere than in England and Ireland