Preamble

Scanned with CamScanner I Gazette, Extraordinary Issue, December 5, 2007 A. D, NO.F. 34(340)-DSWE/LA/2004 ™ GQERNMENTOF TRIPURA -DbuAllpN SOCIAL WELFARE & SOCIAL EDUCATION) DEPARTMENT Dated, Agartala, the ^^LNovember, 2007 NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (I) of Section 19 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (No.6 of 2007), the State Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: - A Short Title and Commencement . -(I) These rules may be called the Tripura Prohibition of Child Marriage Rules, 2007. *

1. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official 'Gazette. % 2, Definition . - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
   • (a) “ the Act" means The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (No, 6 of ■ 2007);
   • (b) "child” means a person who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years of age, and if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age;
   • (c) “child marriage".means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child;
   • (d) "contracting party* in relation to a marriage, means either of the parties whose marriage is or about to be thereby solemnized;
   • (e) "Child Marriage Prohibition Officer" includes the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer appointed under sub-section (I) of section 16;
   • (f) "district court" means, in any area for which a Family Court established under section 3 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 exists, such- Family Court, and in any area lor which there is no Family Court, but a city civil court exists, that court and in any other area, the principal civil court of Scanned with CamScanner (C) id) (e) I a Gazette, Extraordinary Issue, December 5, 2007 A. D. /original jurisdiction and includes any other civil C0U rt which may bs pecif' ,d by the state Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, as having jurisdiction in respect of the matters dealt with in the Act; Form" means form annexed to these rules;> “minor means a person who, under the provisions of the Majority Act,1875 is to be deemed not to have attained majority; The state government “ means the Government of Tripura; Method of Appointment, duties, functions and powers of the ChildManjafle Prohibition Officers , - (I) The State Government shall appoint Child Marriage Prohibition Officers in every Sub-division in the state allotting specified area of jurisdiction, The appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers specifying their jurisdiction with the details of duties, functions, powers including the powers of Police Officers conferred of them under section 16 (4) of the Act, shall be notified in the official gazette arid every such appointment shall take effect from the date of its notification. (2)No person below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate or holding equivalent post under the state government shall be appointed or entrusted with the duties of a Child Marriage Prohibition Officer. (3)All Child Marriage Prohibition Officers shall discharge their duties with due care, decorum and in a manner to uphold the objects of the Act. (4)The Child Marriage Prohibition Officers approach shall be primarily preventive for which they shall make constant endeavor to create awareness of the evil which results from child marriages and to sensitize the community on the issue of child marriage. (5)Every Child Marriage Prohibition Officer shall hold at least one awareness camp every two months' within the area of his jurisdiction to sensitize the community on the issue of child marriage until otherwise directed by the state government by notification in'official gazette, and the Sub- Divisional Medical Officer or any other Medical Officer nominated by him shall remain present in such camp as a resource person. Scanned with CamScanner er 5» ZUU/A, jj. Tripura Gazette, E xtraor(linno .
2. (6) The Child Marriage Prohibition Officers shall L *■ ! Director, Social Welfare & Social Edu^ti ' 3 rep ° rt For T 1 t0 the once every two months as to the number G ffl menl the month, the number of child ma ' . are P e33 held by him_ duringincourt under f •» ' 95 COntract8d J; numbe rof petitions filed by him in court under section 3 ofthe Art fnr <■ .<•il . r , ACt decree of nullity of the child marriage, Lumber of applications/ complaints filed bv him in nm J <II .7 Jm in court'for prosecution under the Act, number of child marriages preventedand numhJ’ *u-u< 1 y P(«vented and number of child marriages declared by court to be null and void.i' I
3. (7) The Director Social Welfare and Social Education Department shall consolidate the reports received under the preceding rule and publish’an annual bulletin for general information
4. (8) The Sub-Divisional Police Officer of the concerned Sub Division shall assist every Child Marriage Prohibition Officer in the discharge of his duties and functions and in the exercise of his powers* •■" j. I ' U’.l