Act Number: 6

Act Name: The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006

Year: 2007

Enactment Date: 2007-01-10

Long Title: An Act to provide for the prohibition of solemnisation of child marriages and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Department:

Section 15: Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), an offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and non-bailable.
                                                    STATE AMENDMENT
    Karnataka
    Insertion of new section 15A.--In the principal Act, after section 15, the following shall be inserted, namely:--
    “15A. Police Officer to take cognizance of an offence suo-motto.--Every Police Officer shall take cognizance of an offence committed in his jurisdiction under this Act, suo motto.”
[Vide Karnataka Act 26 of 2017, s. 7].
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