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Under Section 11 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (the Central Act), a woman who promotes…

Since the proviso to Section 11(1) bars imprisonment for women while leaving the substantive offence and its fine intact, a woman who promotes a child marriage under the…

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Under Section 11 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (the Central Act), a woman who promotes a child marriage can be punished with:

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Since the proviso to Section 11(1) bars imprisonment for women while leaving the substantive offence and its fine intact, a woman who promotes a child marriage under the Central Act can be punished with fine only, not imprisonment, both, or neither.

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