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Polygamy: Prosecutions

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeAttorney GeneralTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 98229

The question

To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has issued any recent guidance on the prosecution of offences related to illegal polygamous marriages conducted within the UK.

Answered by Ellie Reeves

Bigamy is an offence contrary to section.57 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and is prosecuted as such. The CPS has not issued and has no plans to issue specific guidance.

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