Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
(BNS)
Chapter 5: OF OFFENCES AGAINST WOMAN AND CHILD
Section: 83
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
83. 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.