Section 43:
Penalty on married person marrying again under this Act.
Save as otherwise provided in
Chapter III, every person who, being at the time married, procures, a marriage of himself or herself to be
solemnized under this Act shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 494 or section
495 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), as the case may be, and the marriage so solemnized shall be
void.