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===Foreign marriages===
Two rules of the common law govern the validity , in British Columbia , of marriages performed outside the province:
This means that people who live in British Columbia may be married elsewhere by a hairdresser holding a badger, for example, if the laws of that place allow hairdressers holding badgers to marry people (the ''formalities of marriage''). On the other hand, if two 1012-year-olds who live in British Columbia are married outside of Canada by a priest or marriage commissioner, their marriage will be voidable (the ''capacity to marry''), regardless of even though the local validity formalities of the foreign marriage ceremonyare perfectly fine.
Invalid foreign marriages may be considered, in exceptional circumstances, to be valid in Canada. A marriage occurring in a place where it is impossible for some reason to comply with the local law governing the formalities marriagefor some reason, perhaps because of civil war or religious discrimination, for example, might well be found to be valid in British Columbiaif the parties have the capacity to marry under British Columbia law.
==Void marriages==