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Attending a child marriage is a crime

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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