Government of India
enacted Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006
The Government of India enacted the Prohibition of Child
Marriage Act (PCMA) 2006, which will have under its ambit all the States and Union Territories
of India
except the State of Jammu & Kashmir. The Act also applies to all citizens
of India without and beyond India.
Under the PCMA 2006, every child marriage is voidable at the
option of the contracting party who was a child at the time of the marriage,
within two years of the child attaining majority.
PCMA 2006 replaced Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) of
1929. PCMA was notified in the Gazette of India on 11 January, 2007 and has
been enforced 1 November, 2007.
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