INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
496. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
83. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
496. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful
marriage.--Whoever, dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention, goes
through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not thereby
lawfully married, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also
be liable to fine.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
83. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.—Whoever,
dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention, goes through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he
is not thereby lawfully married, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023