Section 493State of Jammu-Kashmir Act
Section 493: Cohabitation caused by a man deceitful inducing a belief of a lawful marriage
Cohabitation caused by a man deceitful inducing a belief of a lawful marriage.
- 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.Previous
Sec 492 — [ [Section 492 omitted by Act III of 1967.]
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