law: The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
  11. Punishment for
  
  promoting or permitting solemnisation of child marriages. -
  1.  
  
    Where
  
  a child contracts a child marriage, any person having charge of the child,
  
  whether as parent or guardian or any other person or in any other capacity,
  
  lawful or unlawful, including any member of an organisation or association of
  
  persons who does any act to promote the marriage or permits it to be
  
  solemnised, or negligently fails to prevent it from being solemnised, including
  
  attending or participating in a child marriage, shall be punishable with
  
  rigorous imprisonment which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to
  
  fine which may extend up to one lakh rupees: Provided that no woman shall be
  
  punishable with imprisonment.
  2.  
  
    For
  
  the purposes of this section, it shall be presumed, unless and until the
  
  contrary is proved, that where a minor child has contracted a marriage, the
  
  person having charge of such minor child has negligently failed to prevent the
  
  marriage from being solemnised.