IPC Section 494 - Marr ying again durin g lifetime of husband or wife

494. Marr ying again durin g lifetime of husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife

living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of

such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may

extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Exception.--This section does not extend to any person whose marriage with such husband or wife

has been declared void by a Court of competent jurisdiction,

nor to any person who contracts a marriage during the life of a former husband or wife, if such

husband or wife, at the time of the subsequent marriage, shall have been continually absent from such

person for the space of seven years, and shall not have been heard of by such person as being alive within

that time provided the person contracting such subsequent marriage shall, before such marriage takes

place, inform the person with whom such marriage is contracted of the real state of facts so far as the

same are within his or her knowledge.