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Whoever, being a male above twenty-one years of age, contracts a child marriage shall be punishable with [simple imprisonment which may extend to three months and shall also be liable to fine]. Subs. by Act 41 of 1949, sec. 4, for "simple imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both"