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 20: Amendment of Act No. 25 of 1955.
    In the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, in section 18, for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:--
         "(a) in the case of contravention of the condition specified in clause (iii) of section 5, with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both".
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