Under Section 43 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, the person shall be deemed to have committed…

Section 43 deems such a person "to have committed an offence under section 494 or section 495 of the Indian Penal Code, as the case may be", and the marriage so solemnized is void. From 1 July 2024 the offence of marrying again during the lifetime of a spouse is in section 82 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; section 81 covers cohabitation by deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage, section 84 enticing away a married woman and section 85 cruelty by a husband or his relatives.