CMRA 1929 § 9 — No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act

Statutory text (English)

No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act 3[except on a complaint made
by the Union Council, or if there is no Union Council in the area, by such authority as the Provincial
Government may in this behalf prescribed, and such cognizance shall in no case be taken] after the
expiry of one year from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (Act XIX of 1929) s.9: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT, 1929' (Act No. XIX of 1929; 4 pp., RGN Date 06-05-2024), p. 3, 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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