Section 83 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) of 2023

Section 83 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) of 2023

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.