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BNS Section 83: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
Ch V · Of Offences Against Woman and Child
Gazette p.42
Punishment 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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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 · BNS83. 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.
Cite as: Section 83, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)