The priest refused to conducts the marriage between 16 years girl and 22 years boy. Why?
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This is because as per the The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, the girl must be of a minimum age of 18 years to be married. Since the girl's age is only 16 years, the priest had refused to conduct the marriage. Had the priest conducted the marriage, he would have to face punishment as per the law for solemnizing child marriage
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As per the above act
- Before the specified age, getting married to a child is an offence. For girls up to 18 years and for boys up to 21 years, a person is a child / minor.
- In the event of failure / breach of the decree banning children's marriage or the child's legal guardian being taken from it by instructing, pressuring or disappointing means or being exchanged for purposes of marriage or trafficked, those marriages shall be deemed nullified..
- The law also lays down the penal provisions for all those who are part of solemnising child marriages
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