{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-37",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1989/677",
  "legislation_title": "The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-and-family-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "article/37",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Declarations in respect of polygamous marriages",
  "text": "(1) A court shall not be precluded from making any declaration under this Part involving a determination as to the validity of a marriage by reason only that either party to the marriage is, or has during the subsistence of the marriage been, married to more than one person.\n(2) Provision may be made by rules of court—\n(a) for requiring notice of proceedings brought by virtue of this Article to be served on any additional spouse of a party to the marriage in question; and\n(b) for conferring on any such additional spouse the right to be heard in the proceedings,\nin such cases as may be specified in the rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1995 NI 20"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/677/article/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:25.501671+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}