Sindh CMRA 2013 § 5 — Punishment for parent or guardian concerned in a child marriage

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where a parent or guardian or any other person in any capacity, lawful
or unlawful, does any act to promote the child marriage or permits it to be
solemnized, or fails to prevent it negligently, from being solemnized, shall be
punished with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to three years but
shall not be less than two years and shall also be liable to fine.

(2) For the purposes of this section, it shall be presumed, until contrary is
proved, that where a child has been contracted into a marriage, a person
having charge of such child failed to prevent the marriage from being
solemnized.

Source and verification

Source citation: Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013 (Sindh Act No. XV of 2014) s.5: 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. 2, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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