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Article 30 Articles 23 to : exception for spouses and civil partners

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Conduct by a person (A) which would otherwise be an offence under any of Articles to against another person (B) is not an offence under that Article if at the time—

(a)

B is 16 or over, and

(b)

A and B are lawfully married or civil partners of each other.

(2)

In proceedings for such an offence it is for the defendant to prove that A and B were at the time lawfully married or civil partners of each other.