Amendment of section 32

In the principal Code, sub-section (1) of section 32 shall be substituted as follows, namely— "(1) Any person who- (i) having a husband or wife is living, marriage another person after the commencement of the Code in contravention of clause (i) of section 4, shall be punishable under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023); (ii) contracts a marriage in contravention of clause (iii) of section 4, such act shall be punishable under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (Act No. 6 of 2007); (iii) procures a marriage in contravention of clause (iv) of section 4 shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and with fine not exceeding rupees fifty thousand, and in default of fine, to undergo further imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month; (iv) dissolves a marriage in contravention of section 29 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine; (v) compels, abets or induces a person to observe any condition as is referred to in sub-section (2) of section 30 before remarriage shall be publishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine of rupees one lakh, and in default of fine, to undergo further imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months; (vi) obtains the consent of a person for marriage by force, coercion or fraud shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine; (vii) procured the consent for marriage through misrepresentation or concealment of facts then such act shall be punishable under 'the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023).".