marriage restraint act

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The act, i.e., the Child Marriage Restraint Act, so passed in 1927 aimed to abolish child marriage, providing that no man below the age of 18 and girls below the age of 16 should be married.

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State whether true or false:

(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance or property, etc.

(b) Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practises.

(d) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1829.

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