Section 293 Of The Criminal Code Of Canada

293 1 every one who a practises or enters into or in any manner agrees or consents to practise or enter into i any form of polygamy or ii any kind of conjugal union with more than one person at the same time whether or not it is by law recognized as a binding form of marriage or b celebrates assists or is a party to a rite ceremony contract or consent that purports to sanction a relationship mentioned in subparagraph a i or ii is guilty of an indictable offence and.

Section 293 of the criminal code of canada. C 46 initially in 1890 and periodically since then in successive revisions to the code parliament has prohibited the practice of polygamy. Section wording 293 2 where an accused is charged with an offence under this section no averment or proof of the method by which the alleged relationship was entered into agreed to or consented to is necessary in the indictment or on the trial of the accused nor is it necessary on the trial to prove that the persons who are alleged to have entered into the relationship had or intended to have sexual intercourse. Bigamy is named as a similarly serious crime in section 290.

A practises or enters into or in any manner agrees or consents to practise or enter into any form of polygamy or any kind of conjugal union with more than one person at the same time whether or not it is by law recognized as a binding form of marriage. 293 1 every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who.