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.
CHAPTER XX OF OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE
Section 493: Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNS
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
| 493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage. | BNS 81 |
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