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Penal Code · s 496

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s 496Marriage 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 for a term not exceeding 7 years and fine.