Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021

On 21^st December, 2021, the government introduced the Prohibition of Child Marriage Amendment Bill 2021 in Lok Sabha.

• It will amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 to increase the minimum age of marriage of females.

The Bill would also amend the following Acts: The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1972

• The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
• The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
• The Special Marriage Act, 1954
• The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
• The Foreign Marriage Act, 1956

Rationale behind the Bill: The National Family Health Survey found that 23.3 per cent of women in the age group of 20 to 24 years were married ....