BNS Section 83: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage | Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

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.