Paragraph 5 Polygamous marriages

(1)

This paragraph applies to any case where—

(a)

a person is a husband or wife by virtue of a marriage entered into under a law which permits polygamy; and

(b)

either party to the marriage has for the time being any spouse additional to the other party.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph 4 (meaning of “couple”) neither party to the marriage is to be taken to be a member of a couple.

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