Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 166. Bigamy (1) A person who commits bigamy is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both. (2) In this section “bigamy” means the act of marrying another person during the existence of a subsisting monogamous marriage. 167. Making false statements A person, who, for purposes of doing anything required to be done under this Act, makes any statement whether oral or written which is false in a material particular— (a) knowing that it is false; or (b) without having taken reasonable care to find out whether the statement is true or false, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty four currency points or imprisonment not exceeding one year. 168. Marriage with person previously married Any person who being unmarried, undergoes a ceremony of marriage with a person whom he or she knows to be married to another person, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty currency points or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both. 169. Making false declarations, etc. for marriage (1) A person who, in any declaration, certificate, licence, document or statement required by law to be made or issued for the purposes of a marriage, declares, enters, certifies or states any material matter which is false, without having taken reasonable means to ascertain the truth or falsity of that matter, commits an offence. 68