Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10
106. Grounds on which marriage is voidable
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A marriage which takes place after 1 June 1981 is voidable on the following grounds only:
place
“place” means any building, house, office, flat, room or cubicle or any part thereof, and any open or enclosed space and includes a ship, boat or any vessel, whether afloat or not, and any vehicle;
that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the incapacity of either party to consummate it;
that the marriage has not been consummated owing to the wilful refusal of the respondent to consummate it;
respondent
“respondent”, in relation to a maintenance order or a maintenance enforcement application in respect of a maintenance order, means the person liable to make payments under the maintenance order;
that either party to the marriage did not validly consent to it, whether in consequence of duress, mistake, mental disorder or otherwise;
that at the time of the marriage either party, though capable of giving a valid consent, was suffering (whether continuously or intermittently) from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage;
that at the time of the marriage the respondent was suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form;
that at the time of the marriage the respondent was pregnant by some person other than the applicant.
applicant
“applicant” means a person who makes a maintenance enforcement application;