Title : Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
State : Central
Year : 1929
THE CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT, 1929 [Act, No. 19 of 1929]1 [1st October, 1929] PREAMBLE An Act to restrain the solemnisation of child marriages. whereas it is expedient to restrain the solemnisation of child marriages; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- ________________________ 1. This Act has been supplemented in Assam by Assam Act 27 of 1948, Section 45. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title, Extent and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1929
(1) This Act may be called the Child Marriage Restraint Act,1[1929], 2[(2) It extends to the whole of India3[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]; and it applies also to all citizens of India without and beyond India.] (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1930. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 8 of 1930, Section 2 and Schedule 1, for "1928". 2. Substituted by A.O. 1950, for the former sub-section. 3. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951 Section 3 and Schedule, for "except Part B States" View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1929
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context.-- 1[(a) "child" means a person who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years of age, and if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age;) (b) "child marriage" means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child; (c) "contracting party" to a marriage means either of the parties whose marriage is2[or is about to be] thereby, solemnised; and (d) "minor" means a person of either sex who is under eighteen years of age. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 3 of 1978, Section 2 (w.e.f. 2-10-1978). 2. Substituted by Act 19 of 1938, Section 2. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment for Male Adult Below Twenty-one Years of Age Marrying a Child
State : Central
Year : 1929
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]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 41 of 1949, Section 3 for "shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment for Male Adult Above Twenty-one Years of Age Marrying a Child
State : Central
Year : 1929
Whoever, being a male above twenty-one years of age, contracts a child marriage shall be punishable with1[simple imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to fine]. ________________________ 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". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment for Solemnising a Child Marriage
State : Central
Year : 1929
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. ________________________ 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". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment for Parent or Guardian Concerned in a Child Marriage
State : Central
Year : 1929
(1) Where a minor contracts a child marriage, any person having charge of the minor, whether as parent or guardian or in any other capacity, lawful or unlawful, who does any act to promote the marriage or permits it to be solemnised, or negligently fails to prevent it from being solemnised, shall be punishable with1[simple imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to fine]: Provided that no woman shall be punishable with imprisonment. (2) For the purposes of this section, it shall be presumed, unless and until the contrary is proved, that where a minor has contracted a child marriage, the person having charge of such minor has negligently failed to prevent the marriage from being solemnised. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 41 of 1949,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Offences to Be Cognizable for Certain Purposes
State : Central
Year : 1929
1[7. Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes.-- The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall apply to offences under this Act as if they were cognizable offences-- (a) for the purpose of investigation of such offences; and (b) for the purposes of matters other than (i) matters referred to in section 42 of that Code, and (ii) the arrest of a person without a warrant or without an order of a Magistrate.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 2 of 1978, Section 3 (w.e.f. 2-10-1978). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Jurisdiction Under This Act
State : Central
Year : 1929
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 190 of the1[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),] no court other than that of a2[Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial3[Magistrate of the first class]] shall take cognizance of, or try, any offence under this Act. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, Section 4, for the words "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898". 2. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, Section 4 for certain words. 3. Substituted by Act 19 of 1938, Section 3, for "District Magistrate". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Mode of Taking Cognizance of Offences
State : Central
Year : 1929
1[9. Mode of taking cognizance of offences.-- No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act after the expiry of one year from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 19 of 1938, Section 4, for the original section. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section