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Whoever, being a male above eighteen years of age and below twenty-one, contracts a child marriage [shall be punishable with simple imprisonment which may extend to fifteen days, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both]. Subs. by Act 41 of 1949, sec. 3 for "shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one