Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 383 - Deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.

Every man who by deceit causes a 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.

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