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Section 83 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023


Definition of Section 83 BNS According to the Government of India


What is Section 83 BNS?

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.