According to the Child Marriage Act, 2006 child marriage is a non-bailable and cognizable offence with a two-year rigorous jail term or a fine of Rs. 1 lakh.
According to the Child Marriage Act, 2006 Persons, including parents or guardians or association of persons, who did any act to promote child marriage or permitted it to be solemnized or negligently failed to prevent it, would be imprisoned under Sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Act.
The duty of the Child Marriage Prohibition Officers was to counsel the residents of the locality not to indulge in promoting, helping, aiding or allowing child marriages, create awareness and sensitize the community to the ill effects of child marriages.