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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Section 81

Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to

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believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.