Laws of Malaysia: Act 574

Penal Code Section 493

Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage

493. Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him, to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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