s.19Grounds on which a civil partnership is voidable
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Section 19Part 6 — VOID AND VOIDABLE CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

Grounds on which a civil partnership is voidable

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A civil partnership is voidable on the following grounds only —
if at the time it was entered into either party was or both parties were at least sixteen years of age but under the age of eighteen years and did not receive the consent required under section 4;
that at the time of the civil partnership either party, though capable of giving a valid consent, was suffering (whether continuously or intermittently) from mental impairment or serious mental illness within the meaning of the Mental Health Law, 2013 of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for civil partnership;
that the petitioner was unaware that at the time of the civil partnership the respondent was suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form; or
that the petitioner was unaware that at the time of the civil partnership the respondent was pregnant by some person other than the petitioner.
In subsection (1)(c) and (d), "petitioner" and "respondent" mean the parties to an application under the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) as applied by section 42.

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petitionerrespondent

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