Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to 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.
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
Punishment—Imprisonment for 10 years and fine—Non-cognizable—Non-bailable—Triable by Magistrate of the first class—Non-compoundable.
Chapter XX: Of Offences Relating To Marriage
Section 493: Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
Section 494: Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
Section 495: Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
Section 496: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
Section 497: Adultery
Section 498: Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
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