Girl's age marriage Amendments

 

AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN ENACTMENTS :-

THE PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021

Short title and commencement

Amendment of section 1

Amendment of section 2

Amendment of section 3

Insertion of new section 14A. Act to have

overriding effect.

The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872

In section 60, for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

(1) the age of the man and woman intending to be married shall not be under twenty-one years;

The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936

(a) in section 3, in sub-section (1), in clause(c), for the words "female, has not completed eighteen years of age", the words "female, has not completed twenty-one years of age" shall be substituted;

(b) in Schedule II, the expression "Signatures of the fathers or guardians of the contracting parties under 21 years of age" shall be omitted.

The Special Marriage Act, 1954

 In section 4, in clause (c), for the words "eighteen years", the words "twenty-one years" shall be substituted.

The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

 (a) in section 5, in clause (iii), for the words "eighteen years", the words "twenty-one years" shall be substituted;

(b) in section 13, in sub-section (2), in clause (iv), for the words "eighteen years", the words "twenty-one years" shall be substituted.

The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956

 (i) in section 6,—

          (I) in clause (a), for the words “a boy or an unmarried girl”, the words “a legitimate boy or a legitimate girl” shall be substituted

          (II) in clause (b), for the words “an illegitimate boy or an illegitimate unmarried girl”, the words “an illegitimate boy or an illegitimate girl” shall be substituted;

          (III) clause (c) shall be omitted;

(ii) in section 9, sub-section (6) shall be omitted.

The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

 In sections 7 and 8, for the words “not a minor”, the words “not below the age of twenty-one years” shall respectively be substituted.

The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 

 In section 4, in clause (c), for the words "eighteen years", the words "twenty-one years" shall be substituted.