Section 172: Prohibition of concluding marriage in prohibited degree of relationship

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 fine not exceeding three thousand rupees or both the sentences, and such marriage shall, ipso facto, be void.