Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 496 in BNS
§ 496 IPC→§ 83 BNS
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage. Section 496 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage) corresponds to Section 83 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
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Section 45 has AIBE 22 questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.
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