South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts79—Defences in cases of bigamy
The provisions of section 78 do not extend to any person going through
the form or ceremony of marriage as mentioned in that section—
(a)
whose husband or wife has then been continuously absent from that person for
the last seven years and has not been known by that person to be living within
that time; or
(b)
whose marriage has been dissolved or declared void by any court of competent
jurisdiction.