Mera Samvidhaan All of Special Marriage Act, 1954

Chapter VIII · Miscellaneous

43Penalty on married person marrying again under this Act.

Section 43 · Chapter VIII · page 18 of the Act

Save as otherwise provided in Chapter III, every person who, being at the time married, procures, a marriage of himself or herself to be solemnized under this Act shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 494 or section 495 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860), as the case may be, and the marriage so solemnized shall be void.

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