Nigerian Penal Code Act

Section 386 - Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.

Whoever dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention goes through the ceremony of being married knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.

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