Child Marriage Act
Chandigarh Administration
Home Department Notification Dated:
No.1076(GOI)-HIII(3)-2010/ In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006(6 of 2007), the Administrator,U.T., of Chandigarh hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1.Short Title - These Rules may be called the Chandigarh Administration Prohibition of Child Marriage Rules, 2010. 2.Definition - (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) 'Act' means the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (6 of 2007);
(b) 'aggrieved person' means any of the contracting party to a child marriage;
(c)'From' means a form appended to these rules.
(2) The words and expressions used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.
3. Child Marriage Incident Report - (1) Any person who has reason to believe that a child marriage has been, or is being, or is likely to be solemnized, may give information through letter, e-mail or a telephone call or in any other form, to the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer having jurisdiction in the area.
(2) Upon receipt of information that a child marriage has been, or is being, or is likely to solemnized, the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer shall prepare a child marriage incident report in From- I and submit the same to the Judicial
Magistrate of the First Class or the Metropolitan Magistrate and forward copies thereof to the police officer in-charge of the police station within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the child marriage alleged to have been, or is being, or is likely to be, solemnized.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer shall not refuse to record information regarding child marriage on the ground that the child marriage alleged to have been, or is being, or is likely to be, solemnized outside
Home Department Notification Dated:
No.1076(GOI)-HIII(3)-2010/ In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006(6 of 2007), the Administrator,U.T., of Chandigarh hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1.Short Title - These Rules may be called the Chandigarh Administration Prohibition of Child Marriage Rules, 2010. 2.Definition - (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) 'Act' means the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (6 of 2007);
(b) 'aggrieved person' means any of the contracting party to a child marriage;
(c)'From' means a form appended to these rules.
(2) The words and expressions used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.
3. Child Marriage Incident Report - (1) Any person who has reason to believe that a child marriage has been, or is being, or is likely to be solemnized, may give information through letter, e-mail or a telephone call or in any other form, to the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer having jurisdiction in the area.
(2) Upon receipt of information that a child marriage has been, or is being, or is likely to solemnized, the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer shall prepare a child marriage incident report in From- I and submit the same to the Judicial
Magistrate of the First Class or the Metropolitan Magistrate and forward copies thereof to the police officer in-charge of the police station within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the child marriage alleged to have been, or is being, or is likely to be, solemnized.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer shall not refuse to record information regarding child marriage on the ground that the child marriage alleged to have been, or is being, or is likely to be, solemnized outside