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Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Complete Act

Title: Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1929

Preamble1 - CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT, 1929 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Punishment for male adult below twenty-one years of age marrying a child Section4 - Punishment for male adult above twenty-one years of age marrying a child Section5 - Punishment for solemnising a child marriage Section6 - Punishment for parent or guardian concerned in a child marriage Section7 - Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes Section8 - Jurisdiction under this Act Section9 - Mode of taking cognizance of offences Section10 - Preliminary inquiries into offences Section11 - Power to take security from complainant Section12 - Power to issue injunction prohibiting marriage in contravention of this Act

The Cinematograph Act, 1952 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1952

.....as this particular subject is concerned, namely, the subject of grant of the licences to exhibit cinema shows, the provisions of the Cinematograph Act, 1918 (Act 2 of 1918) are still in force in Part A and Part B States which includes the State of U.P. The other provisions concerning the censorship of the films have been altered by this latter Act and this alteration applies to the whole of India. Bharat Bhushan v.p.G. Saxena, AIR 1965 All 82. 2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context other wise requires,- (a) "Adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth year (b) [(Note:- Subs. by Act No.49 of 1981 (w.e.f. 1-6-1983) "Board" means the Board of Film Certification constituted by the Central Government under Section 3] (bb) [(Note:- Ins. by ibid) "certificate" mean the certificate granted by the Board under Section 5- A.] (c) "Cinematograph" includes any apparatus for the representation of moving pictures or series of pictures, (d) "District magistrate" in relation to presidency town, means the commissioner of police. (dd) [(Note:- Ins. of Act 3 of 1959, S.3.) "film" means a cinematograph film (e) "Place" includes a house, building, tent and any.....

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Preamble 1

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.

The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1929

THE CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT, I929 THE CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT, I929 [Act No. 19 of 1929 dated 1st. October, 1929] 1 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: - SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2[1929]. 3[ (2) It extends to the whole of India 4[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]; and it applies also to all citizens of India without and beyond India].5 (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1930. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- 6[(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 is 7[or is about to be] thereby solemnised; and (d) "minor" means a person of either sex who is under eighteen years of age. .....

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 1

Title: 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"

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 11

Title: Power to Take Security from Complainant

State: Central

Year: 1929

[Repealed by the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Act, 1949 (41 of 1949). Section 7.]

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 12

Title: Power to Issue Injunction Prohibiting Marriage in Contravention of This Act

State: Central

Year: 1929

.....is received, the court shall afford the applicant an early opportunity of appearing before it either in person or by pleader; and if the court rejects the application wholly or in part, it shall record in writing its reasons for so doing. (5) Whoever knowing that an injunction has been issued against him under sub­section (1) of this section disobeys such injunction shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both: Provided that no woman shall be punishable with imprisonment.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 19 of 1938, Section 6.

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 10

Title: Preliminary Inquiries into Offences

State: Central

Year: 1929

1[10. Preliminary inquiries into offences.-- Any court, on receipt of a complaint of an offence of which it is authorised to take cognizance, shall, unless it dismisses the complaint under section 203 of the2[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] either itself make an inquiry under section 202 of that Code or direct a Magistrate subordinate to it to make such inquiry.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 41 of 1949, Section 6 for the original section. 2. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, Section 5 for the words "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898".

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 9

Title: 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.

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 [Repealed] Section 8

Title: 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".