PART II Validity of Marriages under a Law which permits Polygamy

7 Validity and effect in Scots law of potentially polygamous marriages.

1

A person domiciled in Scotland does not lack capacity to enter into a marriage by reason only that the marriage is entered into under a law which permits polygamy.

2

For the avoidance of doubt, a marriage valid by the law of Scotland and entered into—

a

under a law which permits polygamy; and

b

at a time when neither party to the marriage is already married,

has, so long as neither party marries a second spouse during the subsistence of the marriage, the same effects for all purposes of the law of Scotland as a marriage entered into under a law which does not permit polygamy.