Section 496 Indian Penal Code

Section 496 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage. It is under CHAPTER XX (OF OFFENCES RELATINGTO MARRIAGE) of the Code.

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.