Part II Preservation for Limited Purposes of Certain Provisions of Previous Enactments
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (1973 c 18) | Legislation

Part II Preservation for Limited Purposes of Certain Provisions of Previous Enactments

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(1)     Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, a marriage celebrated before 1st August 1971 shall (without prejudice to any other grounds on which a marriage celebrated before that date is by law void or voidable) be voidable on the ground—

(a)     that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the wilful refusal of the respondent to consummate it; or

(b)     that at the time of the marriage either party to the marriage—

(i)     was of unsound mind, or

(ii)     was suffering from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1959 of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfitted for marriage and the procreation of children, or

(iii)     was subject to recurrent attacks of insanity or epilepsy; or

(c)     that the respondent was at the time of the marriage suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form; or

(d)     that the respondent

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