law: Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 
  2. Definitions 
  In this Act, unless there is anything
  
  repugnant in the subject or context,-
    [(a) "child" means a 
  
  person who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years of age, and if a 
  
  female, has not completed eighteen years of age;]
  (b) "child marriage"
  
  means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child;
  (c) "contracting
  
  party" to a marriage means either of the parties whose marriage is 7[or is
  
  about to be] thereby solemnized; and
  (d) "minor"
  
  means a person of either sex who is under eighteen years of age.