BIGAMY CASES
INTERESTING POINT FOR > ■ • CABINET. The ruling of the Appeal Court with reference to.cases.of bigamy is of such consequence that the Minister for. Justice (the Hon. T. M. Wilford) intends to bring the matter before Cabinet. The decision of the court was that the law regarding bigamy committed outside of New Zealand did not apply. The. argument of "ultra, vires" came in, and the Statute provision regarding double marriages was pronounced''l6' be'etfective generally. As a consequence "tlv<r question is raised as to whether several bigamists who have been imprisoned should not be released under the law. The point is as interesting a «me as lias como under considdratdon since the present Minister for Justice took office.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10298, 5 June 1919, Page 4
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117BIGAMY CASES New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10298, 5 June 1919, Page 4
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