Closed petition Make polygamy a specific criminal offence

Closed on 16 November 2016

Bigamy is a criminal offence in the UK and it therefor makes no sense for polygamy not to be a criminal offence.

House of Commons Briefing Paper number 05051 dated 6th January 2016.

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