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(posted with one glaring typo on Xtra West's website)
Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada forbids being in "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" and also prosecutes anyone who "celebrates, assists or is a party to a rite, ceremony, contract or consent that purports to sanction..." such a relationship.
A 1937 court case ruled that this law does not apply to adultery, only to consensual multiple-person arrangements.
Under section 293, if one of your friends has an agreement with zer partner who is on a two-year overseas contract, has met a sweety and has a party to welcome this person into zer life, anyone who attends the party could spend five years in jail.
This is a terrible law and the only reason that it has not already been repealed or overturned is that it has not been used to prosecute someone recently.
If we need to prosecute people in Bountiful, we should consider something along the lines of child sexual abuse.
Addendum: At present, all parties to a polygamous relationship are in violation. Not just the half-dozen or so dudes at the centre of it - the teenage brides as well.
Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada forbids being in "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" and also prosecutes anyone who "celebrates, assists or is a party to a rite, ceremony, contract or consent that purports to sanction..." such a relationship.
A 1937 court case ruled that this law does not apply to adultery, only to consensual multiple-person arrangements.
Under section 293, if one of your friends has an agreement with zer partner who is on a two-year overseas contract, has met a sweety and has a party to welcome this person into zer life, anyone who attends the party could spend five years in jail.
This is a terrible law and the only reason that it has not already been repealed or overturned is that it has not been used to prosecute someone recently.
If we need to prosecute people in Bountiful, we should consider something along the lines of child sexual abuse.
Addendum: At present, all parties to a polygamous relationship are in violation. Not just the half-dozen or so dudes at the centre of it - the teenage brides as well.
