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Procedure for Investigation and prosecution of offence?. - (1) On receipt of the information that a child marriage in contravention of this Act has been arranged or about to be solemnized, the Child. Marriage Prohibition Officer shall immediately file an application to the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate or the.Chief Judicial Magistrate, as the case, may be, for injunction for prevention of such marriage. Such applications may also be made by any person having personal knowledge or reason to believe and a non-governmental organization having reasonable information relating to the likelihood of or solemnization of child marriage or marriages. ; : (2) The Child Marriage Prohibition Officer. on receipt of Information about the solemnization of child marriage shall conduct an on the =pot investigation end codec, evldence.'either oral or in writing, from the contacting part, or witnesses or he can 6 Scanned with CamScanner office Tripura Gazette F»i.« n fix up a data and hear the cohtrachng paBy and I —. ,o h|B1 w.rhou. causing „y (4) The witnesses detained by the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer In'hi] for the purpose of investigation shall be entitled to travelling and diet expends at the rate admissible to witnesses appearing in court. II I’H (5) The Child Marriage Prohibition Officer, may, for the purpose of investigation intimate or serve notices to the contracting party' and witnesses In Form 2 of the date, time and place of recording evidence and hearing. <' (6) . Any person disobeying the notice for appearing as a witness when called upon to do so by order in writing delivered or tendered to him, shall be deemed to . 1 ■. have committed an offence punishable under section 187 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). ’ ~ (7) A report in all cases investigated by the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer, when there is a prima facie finding as to the commission of an offence, alongwith the statement recorded, all other connected documents of the proceedings and a brief account of his findings shall bo submitted Io Iho competent Judicial Magistrate for prosecuting the offenders. This report shall be deemed to be a report under section 173 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).