|

Review of Laws and Legislative Measures Affecting Women
by National Commission for Women (NCW)
No. 10. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
Suggested Amendments by NCW
-
The government should immediately appoint Child Marriage Prevention Officers.
-
The punishment provided for, under Section 23, of the Child Marriage Restraint
Act 1929, should be amended so as to make the punishment more stringent.
-
A new provision should be included in the Act to the effect that any marriage
performed in contravention to the order made by the Child Marriage Prevention
officer should be void.
-
A new provision should be included in the Act for creating a penal obligation
on every person present at a child marriage for objecting to or advising the
person concerned against such marriage or reporting to the Child Marriage
Prevention officer, of the solemnization of child marriage.
-
Section 7 of the At should be replaced by a provision for making all offence
under the Act as cognizable without any qualifying clause.
|
Page
| INDEX |
|
|
|
Copyright � National Commission for Women, All Rights
Reserved. |
|
|