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==Criminal marriages==
In a few circumstances, marriage may wind up getting you charged with an offence under the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2 Criminal Code]''. Section 290 of the ''Code'' makes it an offence to commit ''bigamy''. That This section says that:
<blockquote><tt>(1) Every one commits bigamy who</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><tt>(iii) on the same day or simultaneously, goes through a form of marriage with more than one person; or</tt></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(b) being a Canadian citizen resident in Canada leaves Canada with intent to do anything mentioned in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iii) and, pursuant thereto, does outside Canada anything mentioned in those subparagraphs in circumstances mentioned therein.</tt></blockquote></blockquote>
That's a long way of saying that you can't marry someone else if you're already married, and that you can't try to get around this restriction by marrying two people simultaneously.
Section 293 of the ''Code'' makes it an offence to commit ''polygamy''. If bigamy means "two marriages", polygamy must mean more than two marriages, but what this section is really trying to get at is the "plural marriage" idea promoted by fundamentalist adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as seen on TLC's long-running reality show [https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/sister-wives Sister Wives]. From a technical perspective, bigamy and polygamy are pretty hard to tell apart. Either way, you're marrying more than one other person.
The ''Criminal Code'' includes a number of offences related to marriage, including:
#procuring a feigned marriage, section 292;
#pretending to solemnize a marriage, section 294; and,
#solemnizing a marriage contrary to law, section 295.
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==The rights and responsibilities of married spouses==