Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Child Marriage
Restraint Act, 2[1929].
3[(2) It extends to the whole of India 4[except the State of
Jammu and Kashmir ]; and it applies also
to all citizens of India without and beyond India ].5
(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of
April, 1930.