Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(I) The State Government shall, by nctification in the Official Gazette, appoint for the whole State, or such part thereof!ls may be specified in thaI notification, an officer Of" officers to be known as the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer havingjurisdiction over the .. rea or areas specified in the notification. (2) The Stale Government may also request a respectable member of the locality with a record of social service or an officer of tile Gram Panchayat or Municipalityoranofficerof the Governm~nl or any public sector undelt3.kin~ 'l( an office bearer of any non-governmental organisation to assist the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer and such member, officer or office bearer, as the case may be, shall be bound to act accordingly. (1) It shall be the duty of the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer- (a) [0 prevent solemnisation of child marriages by taking such action as he may d«:m fit; (b) 10 collect evidence for Ihe eileclive prosecution of persons contravening the provisions of this Act; tC) to advise either individual cases or counsel the residenl~ of the locality generally not to indulge in promoting, helping, aiding or allowing the solemnisalion of child marriages; (d) 10 create awarem:ss oftheevil which results from child marriages: (l') to sensitize the communit), on the issue of child marriages; (f) to furnish such periodical returns and statistics as the State Government may direct; and 1.8') to discharge such other fuoctions and dUlies as may be assigned to him by the State Government. t I) The State Government may, by n;)tificalion in the Official Gazette, subject to such conditiOns and limitations. invest the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer with such powers of a police officer as may be specified in the notification II1\d the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer shall exercise such powers subject 10 such conditions and limitations, as may be specified in the notification. (5) TheChild Marriage Prohibition Officer shall have the power to move the Court for an order under sections 4, ~ and 13 and along with the child under section j .