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Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act (S.C. 1990, c. 46)

Act current to 2026-06-17 and last amended on 2005-07-20. Previous Versions

Marginal note:No prohibition

  •  (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 lineally, or as brother or sister or half-brother or half-sister, including by adoption.

  • 1990, c. 46, s. 2
  • 2005, c. 33, s. 13

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