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Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 5 - Bare Act

State

Central Government

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Section Title

Punishment for Solemnising a Child Marriage

Act Info:



Whoever performs, conducts or directs any child marriage shall be punishable with1[simple imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to fine], unless he proves that he had reason to believe that the marriage was not a child marriage.

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1. Substituted by Act 41 of 1949, Section 4, for "simple imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both".




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