* [4. Penalty for demanding dowry.-If any person demands, directly or indirectly, from the parents or other relatives or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be, any dowry, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months, but which may extend to two years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees: Provided that the Court may, for adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than six months.] *[Modified by Dowry Prohibition Amendment Act, 1986 (Act 43 of 1986), & Dowry Prohibition Amendment Act, 1984 (Act 63 of 1984)]
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