Section 71: Marriage not to be concluded

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, a 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 a 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, is fully blind or is suffering from leprosy,

(d) One who is of unsound mind,

(e) One who is already married,

(f) One who is pregnant,

(g) One who has been convicted of a criminal offence 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 reasonable compensation from the person who concludes, or causes to be concluded, the marriage by misrepresentation.