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Mst. SHAHIDA PARVEEN vs UNION COUNCIL JASWAL Ss — 2021 PLD 783 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2021 PLD 783 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2021
Reporter
PLD
Parties
Mst. SHAHIDA PARVEEN vs UNION COUNCIL JASWAL Ss
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 20---C; Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964); Child Marriage Restraint Act

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Judgment text as reported

Mst. SHAHIDA PARVEEN VS UNION COUNCIL JASWAL Ss. 2(a), 9 & 10---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S. 20---Child marriage---Offenders---Scope---Held, that Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 ('the Act 1929') categorized three kinds of persons as offenders; firstly, a male above eighteen years of age who contracted child marriage; secondly, person who performed, conducted or directed any child marriage; and thirdly, where a minor contracted a child marriage, any person having charge of the minor, whether as parent or guardian or in any other capacity, lawful or unlawful, who did any act to promote the marriage or permit it to be solemnized or negligently failed to prevent it from being solemnized---Constitutional petition was allowed.

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