## IPC 496

### IPC 496 — Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/496

> 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.