Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
2. Definitions
In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context,-
[(a) "child" means a
person who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years of age, and if a
female, has not completed eighteen years of age;]
(b) "child marriage"
means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child;
(c) "contracting
party" to a marriage means either of the parties whose marriage is 7[or is
about to be] thereby solemnized; and
(d) "minor"
means a person of either sex who is under eighteen years of age.