BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 83 — Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
Replaces IPC Section 496.
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.
Nearby sections
- 80 Dowry death.
- 81 Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.
- 82 Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.
- 84 Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
- 85 Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.
- 86 Cruelty defined.
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