Clause 6
Offence
BillNot in forceProvision 55 of 169
Clause 6
Any person lawfully married under any law, religion, custom or usage who during the continuance of such marriage purports to contract a marriage under any law, religion, custom or usage in contravention of the provisions of section 4 of this Ordinance shall be deemed to commit the offence of marrying again during the lifetime of husband or wife, as the case may be, within the meaning of section 494 of the Penal Code (Cap. 119).