Mera Samvidhaan All of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Chapter V · Of Offences Against Woman and Child

81Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage

Section 81 · Chapter V · Of offences relating to 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.

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