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Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 3 - Bare Act

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Central Government

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Section Title

Punishment for Male Adult Below Twenty-one Years of Age Marrying a Child

Act Info:



Whoever, being a male above eighteen years of age and below twenty-one, contracts a child marriage1[shall be punishable with simple imprisonment which may extend to fifteen days, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both].

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1. Substituted by Act 41 of 1949, Section 3 for "shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees".




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