INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful
81. Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful
marriage.
493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief
of lawful marriage.--Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is
not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to
him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
81. Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.—Every man who
by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to
him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023