Section 496 IPC → Section 83 BNS
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
Equivalence
Section 496 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 is corresponds as Section 83 BNS (Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, effective 1 July 2024.
Old law
IPC
Indian Penal Code, 1860
New law (from 1 July 2024)
BNS
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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