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11Grounds on which a marriage is void.E+W

A marriage celebrated after 31st July 1971[F1, other than a marriage to which section 12A applies,] shall be void on the following grounds only, that is to say—

(a)that it is not a valid marriage under the provisions of [F2the [F3Marriage Acts 1949 to 1986]] (that is to say where—

(i)the parties are within the prohibited degrees of relationship;

(ii)either party is under the age of [F4eighteen]; F5...

[F6(iia)the marriage is solemnized in contravention of section 2A of the Marriage Act 1949; or]

(iii)the parties have intermarried in disregard of certain requirements as to the formation of marriage);

(b)that at the time of the marriage either party was already lawfully married [F7or a civil partner];

F8(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)in the case of a polygamous marriage entered into outside England and Wales, that either party was at the time of the marriage domiciled in England and Wales.

For the purposes of paragraph (d) of this subsection a marriage [F9is not polygamous if] at its inception neither party has any spouse additional to the other.

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