Section 172
Prohibition Of Concluding Marriage In Prohibited Degree Of Relationship
nship: (1) Except as otherwise customarily practiced, no
person shall conclude, or cause to be concluded, marriage with one
who is within the prohibited degree of relationship by consanguinity
or affinity.
(2) Where a marriage referred to in sub-section (1) has been
concluded in ignorance, such marriage shall be void.
(3) Where a marriage referred to in sub-section (1) has been
concluded knowingly, the person concluding such marriage shall be
liable to the sentence imposable for the offence of incest and a
person causing the conclusion of such marriage shall be liable to a
sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a
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fine not exceeding three thousand rupees or both the sentences, and
such marriage shall, ipso facto, be void.