Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act
Version of section 2 from 2002-12-31 to 2005-07-19:
Marginal note:No prohibition
2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), persons related by consanguinity, affinity or adoption are not prohibited from marrying each other by reason only of their relationship.
Marginal note:Prohibition
(2) No person shall marry another person if they are related
(a) lineally by consanguinity or adoption;
(b) as brother and sister by consanguinity, whether by the whole blood or by the half-blood; or
(c) as brother and sister by adoption.
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