Section 47 Marriage Act

Section 47 of the Marriage Act 1914 is about Contracting marriage by customary law when already married by this Act. It provides as follows:

Whoever, having contracted marriage under this Act, or any modification or re‐ enactment thereof, or under any enactment repealed by this Act, during the continuance of such marriage contracts a marriage in accordance with customary law, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years.