Lawgist11Punishment for promoting or permitting solemnisation of child marriages
(1) Where a child contracts a child marriage, any person having charge of the child, whether as parent or guardian or any other person or in any other capacity, lawful or unlawful, including any member of an organisation or association of persons who does any act to promote the marriage or permits it to be solemnised, or negligently fails to prevent it from being solemnised, including attending or participating in a child marriage, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine which may extend up to one lakh rupees:
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 child has contracted a marriage, the person having charge of such minor child has negligently failed to prevent the marriage from being solemnised.
STATE AMENDMENT
Karnataka
Amendment of section 11.--In section 11 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),--
(a) for the words "be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years", the words be punishable with a rigorous imprisonment of not less than one year which may extend up to two years" shall be substituted.
(b) proviso shall be omitted.
[Vide Karnataka Act 26 of 2017, s. 5].
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- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Child marriages to be voidable at the option of contracting party being a child
- 4 Provision for maintenance and residence to female contracting party to child marriage
- 5 Custody and maintenance of children of child marriages
- 6 Legitimacy of children born of child marriages
- 7 Power of district court to modify orders issued under section 4 or section 5
- 8 Court to which petition should be made
- 9 Punishment for male adult marrying a child
- 10 Punishment for solemnising a child marriage
- 11 Punishment for promoting or permitting solemnisation of child marriages
- 12 Marriage of a minor child to be void in certain circumstances
- 13 Power of court to issue injunction prohibiting child marriages
- 14 Child marriages in contravention of injunction orders to be void
- 15 Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable
- 16 Child Marriage Prohibition Officers
- 17 Child Marriage Prohibition Officers to be public servants
- 18 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 19 Power of State Government to make rules
- 20 Amendment of Act No. 25 of 1955
- 21 Repeal and savings
