IPC 496 — Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.

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