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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 29 Nov 1977

Vol. 302 No. 2

Written Answers. - Bigamy Prosecutions.

398.

asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for bigamy during the past 4 years; his attitude to the frequent remarriage of people whose first marriage has been annulled by an ecclesiastical tribunal; and if he proposes to regularise the present anomalous position.

During the four years ended on 31st December, 1976, there were four prosecutions for bigamy.

I have no information as to how many persons whose marriages have been annulled by an ecclesiastical tribunal re-marry.

As the House is aware, the civil law relating to nullity is being examined by the Law Reform Commission.

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