Section 384 - Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.

(I) Whoever having a husband or wife living marries in a case in which that marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of that husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may (2) This section shall not extend-

(a) to a person whose marriage with the husband or wife has been legally dissolved; nor

(b) to a person who contracts a marriage during the life of a former husband or wife, if the husband or wife at the time of the subsequent marriage shall have been continually absent from the person for the space of seven years and shall not have been heard of by the person as being alive within that time, provided the person contracting the subsequent marriage shall, before that marriage takes place, inform the person with whom the marriage is contracted of the real state of facts so far as the same are within his or her knowledge.