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Whoever performs, cooducu, directs or abets any child marriage shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years and shall be liable to fine which may extend to one lakh rupees unless he proves that he had reasons to believe that the marriage was not a child marriage. 11 . (I J Where a child contracts a child marriage, any person having charge oflhe child. whl!thcr as parent or guardian or any other person or in any other capacity, lawful or unlawful, Including any member or an organisation or association of persons who docs any act u) promote the marriage or permits it to be solemnised. or m:gligently fails to prevent it from being solemniscd, including attending or panicipaling in a child marriage, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fiile which may extend up to one lakh rupees: Provided thaI no woman shall be punishable with imprisonment. (1) For the purposes of litis section, it shall be presume4, unless and until the contra"), is proved, that where a minor child has contracled a marriage, the person ll.aving char&~ of such minor child has negligently failed to prevent the marriage from being solemnilled.