BNS Section 83 — Old vs New Law Comparison

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Historical frameworkIPC

Section 496

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.

Current frameworkBNS

Section 83

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.

Correspondence is not equivalence

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BNS Section 83: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage

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Correspondence is not equivalence