2013, No. 10
Crimes
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79. Feigned marriage-(1) A person is liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding five (5) years who goes through a form
of marriage with any other person, knowing that the marriage
will be void for any reason other than that one of the parties is
already married.
(2) However, if the Judge is satisfied that the other person
knew, at the time when the offence was committed, that the
marriage would be void, the offender is liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding two (2) years.
80. Misconduct in respect of human remains - A person
is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two (2) years
who:
(a) neglects to perform any duty imposed on the person
by law or undertaken by the person with reference
to the burial or cremation of any dead human
body or human remains; or
(b) improperly or indecently interferes with or offers any
indignity to any dead human body or human
remains, whether buried or not.
81. Distribution or exhibition of indecent matter-(1) A
person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two (2)
years who, without lawful justification or excuse:
(a) sells, expose for sale, or otherwise distributes to the
public any indecent model or object; or
(b) exhibits or presents in or within view of any place to
which the public have or are permitted to have
access any indecent model or object or indecent
show or performance; or
(c) exhibits or presents in the presence of any person in
consideration or expectation of any payment, or
otherwise for gain, any indecent show or
performance.
(2) It is a defence to a charge under this section to prove that
the public good was served by the acts alleged to have been
done.
(3) It is a question of law whether the sale, exposure
for sale, distribution, exhibition or presentation might
in the circumstances serve the public good, and whether there is