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The phrase "without and beyond India" used in Section 1(2) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,…

Section 1(2) applies the Act "to all citizens of India without and beyond India", an exercise of Parliament's power to make laws with extra-territorial operation, which…

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The phrase "without and beyond India" used in Section 1(2) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is most closely related to which constitutional concept?

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Section 1(2) applies the Act "to all citizens of India without and beyond India", an exercise of Parliament's power to make laws with extra-territorial operation, which Article 245(2) of the Constitution protects. It has nothing to do with Union-State supremacy, personal law or delegation.

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