GK
IMPORTANT ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
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1927
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1928
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1929
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1930
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Detailed explanation-1: –Whoever, being a male adult above eighteen years of age, contracts a child marriage shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees or with both. 10. Punishment for solemnising a child marriage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA), 1929 The law set the age of majority for marriage at 14 for girls and 18 for boys. After its sponsor, Harbilas Sarda, it is commonly referred to as the Sharda Act. Further, the legal minimum age for marriage was raised to 18 for females and 21 for males in the 1978 Amendment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Punishment for male adult above twenty-one years of age marrying a child.-Whoever, being a male above twenty-one years of age, contracts a child marriage shall be punishable with 7 [simple imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to fine].