Section 265 - Marriages under customary law

(1) A person shall not be convicted of bigamy or of an offence under section 264, if the marriage in respect of which the act was committed, and the former marriage, were both contracts under customary law.

(2) A person may be convicted of bigamy or of an offence under section 264 if, having contracted a monogamous marriage that person marries or purports to marry any other person under customary law, or if, being married to a person by customary law, goes through a monogamous ceremony of marriage with any other person.