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Penal Code · Updated to 4 Jul 2023 · Chapter XX · Offences Relating to Marriage
493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
Feedback & supportEvery 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 for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.