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Section 81 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The 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.
Related Sections
- Section 244: Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
- Section 246: Dishonestly making false claim in Court
- Section 212: Furnishing False information
- Section 79: Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman
- Section 34: Things done in private defence
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