Of Offences Against Woman And Child
BNS Section 83 - Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
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83. 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.