Citation 1 Jac 1 c 11 | Repealed 1 July 1828 | |
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Long title An Act to restrain all Persons from Marriage until their former Wives and former Husbands be dead. Repealed by Offences against the Person Act 1828, section 1 | ||
The Bigamy Act 1603 (1 Jac 1 c 11) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England. It created the offence of bigamy as a capital felony. Bigamy had not previously been a temporal offence (that is to say, within the jurisdiction of the common law courts as opposed to the ecclesiastical courts).
Further provision was made by the 35 Geo 3 c 67.
References
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