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BNS Section 81: Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage
Ch V · Of Offences Against Woman and Child
Gazette p.41
Punishment 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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Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Non-bailable · Magistrate of the first class
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS81. 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.
Cite as: Section 81, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)