Section 66:
False oath, declaration, notice or certificate for procuring marriage.
1[66. False oath, declaration, notice or certificate for procuring marriage.-- Whoever, for the
purpose of procuring a marriage or licence of marriage, intentionally,
(a) where an oath or declaration is required by this Act, or by any rule or custom of a Church
according to the rites and ceremonies of which a marriage is intended to be solemnized, such Church
being the Church of England or of Scotland or of Rome, makes a false oath or declaration, or,
(b) where a notice or certificate is required by this Act, signs a false notice or certificate,
shall be deemed to have committed the offence punishable under section 193 of the Indian Penal Code
(45 of 1860) with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years and, at
the discretion of the Court, with fine.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 2 of 1891, s. 5, for s. 66.