(1) No one shall conclude, or cause
to be concluded, marriage with a man or a woman, as the case may
be, who is not in a condition where marriage can be concluded
pursuant to Section 70.
(2) No one shall conclude, or cause to be concluded,
marriage with a man or a woman on any of the following
conditions, by way of misrepresentation:
(a) One who has contracted human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) or Hepatitis 'B' or similar other
incurable severe disease,
(b) One who has already been proved to have no sexual
organ, to be impotent or to have no reproductive
capability,
(c) One who is dumb or has lost hearing capacity,
being fully blind or is suffering from leprosy,
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(d) One who is of unsound mind,
(e) One who is already a married,
(f) One who is a pregnant,
(g) One who has been convicted of a criminal offense
involving moral turpitude by a court and sentenced
for the same.
(3) A person who is aggrieved from the conclusion of
marriage by way of misrepresentation pursuant to sub-section (2)
may get such a marriage voided and claim a reasonable
compensation from the person who concludes, or causes to be
concluded, marriage by misrepresentation.