Report No. 59
3.12. Current statutory provision.-
The current statutory provision in England on the subject reads:
12. A marriage celebrated after 31st July, 1971, shall be voidable on the following grounds only, that is to say-
(c) that either party to the marriage did not validly consent to it, whether in consequence of duress, mistake, unsoundness of mind; or
(d) that at the time of the marriage either party, though capable of giving a valid consent, was suffering (whether continuously or intermittently) from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act, 1959, of such a kind or to such on extent as to be unfitted for marriage;