An Analytical Study on Article 23 of Family Protection Bill 1386

Family as an authentic social institution constantly possesses an especial place from among the establishments of law. Family Protection Bill recently suggested by the Judiciary and approved in meeting dated 03/04/1386 of ministers board has been analyzed in different directions by the lawyers and experts. The Article 23 of this bill which is of outstanding importance in the present study is examined with social-legal approach. In this Comparison the only condition of polygamy considered is the finding of financial ability of man for permission to next marriage by court. Also this bill has provided merely the condition of undertaking to perform justice among wives, which could be done superficially. Whereas, this condition lacks Islamic Jurisprudence basis as well as civil and criminal sanctions, in which the necessity of finding performance of justice as one of the fundamental conditions of polygamy has not been taken into consideration.