Bill defines child as anyone under 18 years of age, boy or girl.Man marrying minor girl risks 3 years' rigorous imprisonment.Registrar violating law faces up to 1-year jail, Rs100,000 fine.
To be fair, a lot of those have marriage ages set to 18 unless you’re ~17 years old and get the approval of a judge. I’m not saying it’s okay, because it isn’t, but when you hear “child marriage” you tend to think 12, not 17.
Yikes. Only “13 states have banned underage marriages, with no exception. The first one was Delaware in 2018.”
To be fair, a lot of those have marriage ages set to 18 unless you’re ~17 years old and get the approval of a judge. I’m not saying it’s okay, because it isn’t, but when you hear “child marriage” you tend to think 12, not 17.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_States