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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.
Related Sections
- Section 463: Forgery
- Section 246: Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
- Section 250: Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- Section 87: Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent
- Section 10: Man, Woman
Related Acts
- Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
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