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Section 496 - Indian Penal Code, 1860

Indian Penal Code, 1860

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.

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Section 177: Furnishing false information
Section 42: Local law

Related Acts

Commercial Courts Act, 2015
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018
Major Port Authorities Act, 2021
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019

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