Section 111Part 9 — General
Offence to enter into marriage of convenience
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111. (1) A person who enters into a marriage of convenience commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
If a marriage officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a marriage will be a marriage of convenience, and fails to report his suspicion to the Chief Immigration Officer without delay and in such form and manner as may be prescribed, he commits an offence.
Subsection (2) also applies where a marriage is solemnised in the presence of a marriage officer who, before, during or immediately after solemnisation of the marriage, has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the marriage will be, or is, a marriage of convenience.