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Which of these is a court named in section 13(1) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 as…

Section 13(1) names the Court of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class and also refers to the Metropolitan Magistrate. The court issues the injunction if satisfied that a…

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Which of these is a court named in section 13(1) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 as empowered to issue an injunction prohibiting a child marriage?

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Section 13(1) names the Court of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class and also refers to the Metropolitan Magistrate. The court issues the injunction if satisfied that a child marriage has been arranged or is about to be solemnised.

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Option A

The District Court is not the court named in section 13(1) for this injunction.

Option B

Section 13(1) confers this power on specified magistrates' courts. It does not name the High Court.

Option C

Section 13(1) expressly names the Court of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class.

Option D

Section 13(4) and (5) give the District Magistrate separate preventive powers. The injunction under section 13(1) is a judicial order.

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