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| THE FOREIGN MARRIAGE ACT,1969 |
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Title : THE FOREIGN MARRIAGE ACT,1969
Year : 1969
Act :
CHAPTER V
PENALTIES
19.Punishment for bigamy.
19.Punishment for bigamy.-(1) Any person whose marriage is solemnized or deemed to have been solemnized under this Act and who, during the subsistence of his marriage, contracts any other marriage in India shall be
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subject to the penalties provided in section 494 and section 495 the
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and the marriage so contracted shall be void.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) apply also to any such offence committed by any citizen of India without and beyond India.
20.Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for marriage.
20. Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for marriage.-Any citizen of India who procures a marriage of himself or herself to be solemnized under this Act in contravention of the con-
dition specified in clause (c) or clause (d) of section 4 shall be punishable-
(a) in the case of contravention of the condition specified in clause (c) of section 4, with simple imprisonment which may extend to fifteen days or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both; and
(b) in the case of a contravention of the condition specified in clause (d) of section 4, with simple imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
21.Punishment for false declaration.
21. Punishment for false declaration.-If any citizen of India for the purpose of procuring a marriage, intentionally-
(a) where a declaration is required by this Act, makes a false declaration ; or
(b) where a notice or certificate is required by this Act, signs false notice or certificate;
he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
22.Punishment for wrongful action of Marriage Officer.
22.Punishment for wrongful action of Marriage Officer.-Any
Marriage Officer who knowingly and wilfully solemnizes a marriage under this Act in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act shall be punishable with simple imprisonment which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
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