12.
Power to issue injunction prohibiting marriage
in contravention of this Act.- (1)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Act, the Court may, if satisfied from
information laid before it through a complaint
or otherwise that a child marriage in contravention
of this Act has been arranged or is about to
be solemnized, issue an injunction against any
of the persons mentioned in sections 3, 4, 5
and 9 of this Act prohibiting such marriage.
(2)No injunction under sub-section
(1) shall be issued against any person unless
the Court has previously given notice to such
person, and has afforded him an opportunity
to show-cause against the issue of the injunction.
(3)The Court may either on
its own motion or on the application of any
person aggrieved, rescind or alter any order
made under sub-section (1).
(4)Where such an application
is received, the Court shall afford the applicant
an early opportunity of appearing before it
either in person or by pleader, and if the Court
rejects the application wholly or in part, it
shall record in writing its reasons for so doing.
(5) Whoever, knowing that
an injunction has been issued against him under
sub-section (1) of this section disobeys such
injunction shall be punished with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend
to three months, or with fine which may extend
to one thousand rupees, or with both:
Provided that
no woman shall be punishable with imprisonment.
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