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Section 493 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
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.
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- Section 313: Causing miscarriage without woman's consent
- Section 69: Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine
- Section 160: Punishment for committing affray
- Section 125: Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India
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- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2017
- National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020
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- Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019
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