Section 272 - Mode of proving marriage or divorce

(1) Where, for the purposes of this Chapter, it is requisite to prove a former marriage of a person, it is requisite and sufficient to prove a marriage irrespective of the place of celebration of the marriage, which would be admitted by the Court as a valid marriage for the purposes of a civil proceeding, or for the purposes of the administration or distribution of the effects of a person on the death of that person.

(2) Where a person accused of bigamy puts up a defence on the grounds of a divorce from a former wife or husband, that divorce, and no other shall be deemed sufficient as would be admitted by the Court as a valid divorce from the bond of marriage.