Marry Mubaiwa has been fined $60,000 for lying that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga had agreed to solemnise their marriage at a time he was in hospital.
Harare magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube set aside a 12-month jail term on condition that she does not commit a similar offence within five years.
Mubaiwa was charged with violating the Marriages Act.
In sentencing Mubaiwa, Ncube said she deserved a second chance and incarceration would fast track her ill-health.
Mubaiwa faces further charges of money laundering, assault, fraud and the attempted murder of her ex-husband in a South African hospital in 2019. She denies the charges.
