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Chapter 3. - Celebration of Marriage

Art. 518Various Kinds of Marriages
Art. 519Civil Marriage
Art. 520Religious Marriage
Art. 521Marriage According to Custom
Art. 522Age
Art. 523Consanguinity, Including by Adoption
Art. 524Affinity
Art. 525Filiation Not Established legally
Art. 526Bigamy
Art. 527Representation Not Allowed
Art. 528Marriage of Minors
Art. 529Judicially Interdicted Persons
Art. 530Threat
Art. 531Error of Substance
Art. 532Opposition. - 1. By Whom Made
Art. 5332. Time and Form
Art. 5343. Withdrawal of Opposition
Art. 5354. Impossibility
Art. 536Period of Widowhood
Art. 537Competent Civil Status Officer
Art. 538Undertaking Not to Marry
Art. 539Request for Celebration of Marriage
Art. 540Refusal to Celebrate marriage
Art. 541Appeal against Refusal
Art. 542Fixing Date of Marriage
Art. 543Publicity of Marriage
Art. 544Formalities of Celebration
Art. 545Religious Marriage
Art. 546Marriage According to Custom

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 526

Bigamy

A person may not contract marriage so long as he is bound by the bonds of a preceding marriage.

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This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur.

Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 146

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