Sindh CMRA 2013 § 3 — Punishment for male contracting party

Statutory text (English)

Whoever, being a male above eighteen years of age, contracts a child
marriage shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to
three years but shall not be less than two years and shall be liable to fine.

Source and verification

Source citation: Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013 (Sindh Act No. XV of 2014) s.3: Provincial Assembly of Sindh official Act PDF 'THE SINDH CHILD MARRIAGES RESTRAINT ACT, 2013' (Sindh Act No. XV of 2014; passed 28 April 2014, assented 10 June 2014, gazette notification 11 June 2014), p. 1, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production. Replaces earlier partial/condensed placeholder text (v2).

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Historical text notes

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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 1) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription replacing the earlier…

Amendment references

• Reported Sindh Child Marriages Restraint (Amendment) Act, 2019 — Reported enhancement of punishment under s.3 (2 yrs -> 3 yrs). UNVERIFIED — seeded penalty values retain the 2013 reported figures with an unverified flag. pending_manual_verification

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