Ofoffences Relatingto Marriage
IPC Section 493 - Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
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IPC Section 493 deals with cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage.
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493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage. Every man
who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him t o 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.
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