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In France, is it legal to be married to several people at the same time?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Multi-year residence permit no. 99
En France, est-ce légal d'être marié à plusieurs personnes en même temps ?
In France, is it legal to be married to several people at the same time?
Answer. No, polygamy is illegal in France.
Non, la polygamie est interdite en France.
In France, a person cannot marry a second time until the first marriage has been dissolved, either by divorce or by the spouse's death. Marrying while already married is an offense, bigamy, punishable by one year in prison and a 45,000 euro fine (article 433-20 of the Criminal Code).
The official text that proves it
« On ne peut contracter un second mariage avant la dissolution du premier. »
No one may contract a second marriage before the dissolution of the first.
In French, with its English meaning.
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