law: Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 
  1. Short title, extent and commencement 
  (1) This Act may be called the Child Marriage
  
  Restraint Act, 2[1929].
  3[(2) It extends to the whole of India 4[except the State of
  
    Jammu and Kashmir ]; and it applies also
  
  to all citizens of India without and beyond India ].5
  (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of
  
  April, 1930.