Attending a child marriage is a crime
If you think a 100 lies are permissible
to perform a wedding, you are mistaken.
Imprisonment awaits all those who attend,
support and even perform the marriage of
a girl below 18 years of age.
This is the new Amendment made to the
Prohibition of Child Marriages Act.
Under the new provisions,
elders, relatives, friends, guests, catering personnel,
the priest who performs the marriage
and other outsourcing agencies
who support the wedding will be put behind bars.
The new Amendment had already come into force.
However, till date no case has been reported.
"Earlier, the Act mainly focussed on prevention
aspects of child marriages.
Now, we are talking about prohibition."
Another major concern is the alarming rate
of female foeticide confronting the country.
Already, the impact of female foeticide is being felt
in States like Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab
where men are finding it difficult to marry.
In some cases,
men are moving to States like Kerala
and bringing girls from there for marriage.
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