BNS Section 83: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 496
Procedural Classification Summary
A person with fraudulent
Bailable: Non-bailable (Bail can only be granted by the Judiciary)
Cognizable: Non-cognizable (Police cannot arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment up to 7 yearsintention going throughand fine.class. the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married
Official Legal Provision / Summary
No change.